1894.) The Range of Crossbilis in the Ohio Valley. 141 
Indiana, in the spring of 1888. They were first seen Feb. 6 
and disappeared May 6. Mr. J. O. Snyder found them at 
Waterloo, Indiana, March 13 and 17, 1888. Mr. H.N. McCoy 
. informed me they were quite common in Wayne County, 
Indiana, in the early part of 1888. They were last seen April 
Mr. G. G. Williamson saw six or eight individuals near 
Muncie, Indiana, April 17, 1888; May 4, he saw three others. 
Mr. Otho C. Poling notes their occurrence in Adams County, 
Ills. He gives no account of their occurrence in summer 
(The Auk, Vol. VII, p.239). Mr. John A. Balmer informs me 
these Crossbills were found in the vicinity of Vincennes, Indi- 
ana, in the winter of 1888-9. Mr. J. E. Clearwaters told me 
of the capture of two of these birds in Putnam County, Indi- 
ana, in the winter of 1888. A flock of American Crossbills 
was seen by Mr. J. O. Snyder at Waterloo, Indiana, April 27, 
1889. Mr. Stewart E. White informs me he found them com- 
mon on Mackinack Island, Michigan, Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 1889. 
Mr. H. W. McBride wrote me of taking three specimens at 
Waterloo, Indiana, April 2, 1890. Feb. 14, 1891. Mr. Stewart 
E. White saw six at Grand Rapids, Mich. He next noted the 
species March 16. He says it is quite rare in that vicinity. 
Mr. J. F. Clearwaters gave me the following account of their 
occurrence in Putnam County, Indiana. “On July 27, 1891, 
Jesse Earll was down beside the old mill pond, where we col- 
lect all our water birds, and noticed five birds on the ground 
apparently probing in the mud with their bills. As they rose 
he shot one which proved to be a male Red Crossbill in breed- 
ing plumage. He preserved the skin and still has it. The 
others were females or young, as he says none of them had any 
red on them. ” 
Mr. Jonathan Dwight reported the American Crossbill on 
North Mountain, Penn., in June, 1891 (The Auk, Vol. IX, p. 
137). Dr. B. H. Warren in his admirable report on the Birds 
of Pennsylvania, p. 228, gives it as breeding in the counties of 
Clinton, Clearfield, Luzerne, Lycoming and Cameron, in that 
state 
March 1, 1892, Messrs. A. B. Ulrey and E. M. Kindle report 
‘Sezing six in Monroe County, Indiana. Mr. G.G. Williamson 
