140 The American Naturalist. [February, 
Professor L. L. Dyche reports the occurrence, in the winter 
of 1885-6, of the western Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra 
stricklandi, at Lawrence, Emporia, Manhattan and Wakarusa,- 
Kansas. They were first observed Nov. 1, 1885, and were last: 
seen Jan. 26, 1886 (The Auk, Vol. IIT, pp. 258-261). The fol- 
lowing winter I was fortunate in securing through the kind- 
ness of Mr. A. O. Garrett, a series of specimens of Loxia curvi- 
rostra minor from Lawrence, Kansas. March 13 and 14, 1887, 
he obtained four which he sent me, and later he sent me nine 
others which were taken March 24 and 25. The meeting of 
the range of these two forms is of considerable interest. 
Professor B. W. Evermann reports a Crossbill species not 
determined from Bloomington, Indiana, Feb. 23, 1886, and 
another March 8, 1886. The same authority states the late 
- Mr. C. H. Bollman found a few specimens of the Red Crossbill 
near Bloomington, Indiana, July 10, 13 and 14, 1886. It was 
found in the White Mountains, N. H. (The Auk, Vol. IV, p. 
105). Mr. George B. Sennett, in the same volume, p. 242, 
gives an account of finding this species in the mountains on 
the borders of North Carolina and Tennessee in July and 
August, 1886. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, in the same volume pp. 
287-289, notes their abundance near Yemassee, S. C., in Nov. 
and Dec., 1886 and in Jan. and Feb., 1887. He noted them 
again in the same vicinity Nov. 20, 1887 (The Auk, Vol. V, p. 
115), also. during Jan., 1888 (Ibid, p. 208). Mr. Frank M. 
Chapman also reports them from Aiken, S. C., Nov. 12, 1887, 
(Ibid, p. 324). Mr. G. G. Williamson observed them in Monroe 
County, Indiana, Jan. 18 and Feb. 6, 1886. Mr. J. G. Parker 
reports them from Lake County, Indiana, in May, 1887. In 
fall of 1887, I again observed them at Brookville, Indiana. 
They came to feed upon the pines in my yard. Oct. 29, sev- 
eral were seen and they last appeared Noy. 19. Professor 
Walter Faxon and Dr. J. A. Allen give it as common in the 
White Mountains, N. H., in July, 1874, June, 1885 and June, 
1886 (The Auk, Vol. V,p. 152). Dr. J. A. Allen on the next 
page of the same number of “The Auk” speaks of a pair of 
American Crossbills taken at Mandeville, La., March 27, 1888. 
Professor B. W. Evermann found them in Vigo County; 
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