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145 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass. 
January 25, 1893. 
Dear Sir : — 
During the early part of the present winter Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, was visited by an unusual number of 
Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator) which, after exhausting 
the food supply, departed very suddenly. I wish to trace, if 
possible, the routes which they followed and the total area 
covered by their migration. You can aid me in this by kindly 
Oold Weather Notes. Stephentown,N. Y. 
Ben j amin Hoag 
Pine Grosbeaks are in abundance ; I have 
never recorded them here in such numbers 
before. First seen December 7, a single 
female feeding on a big white-ash ; next 
record December 19th, a flock of six, four fine 
red males and two females. Since December 
19, flocks of from eight to fifty noted daily. 
Grateful indeed I am for ample opportunity 
for observations on these beautiful birds ; 
the first sound I hear as I step out into the 
frosty morning air is their pleasant notes, 
and I am sure to find flocks every morning 
feeding on the juice of crab-apple trees near 
the house, or over in the tangle along the 
river ; later they feed on the ash, maple and 
tamarack©. & O.Vol.18, April, 1893 p.68 
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