Brewer, Me. 
1890. 
A^Tnale Evening Grossbeak was taken alive here a feiAT days 
It was A in companyhwith Ehglish Sparrows and allowed a. 
be chopped over it. It had been killed before I saw it. 
7 Letter of Manly Hardy, April 9 
Brewer, Me 
The Evening Grosbeak was taken the 25th in Brewer. It 
a man to drop a bag over it. He stated to Mr, Crosi^y that . 
x busy eating an English Sparrow.— 
Letter of Manly Hardy. 
AT OKONO, MAINE. 
On the morning of February 28tli, while 
passing not far from a river, my attention was 
attracted by the note of a bird which seemed to 
come from the opposite side of the river. I 
imitated the sound, and soon a bird flew across 
the river, and lit in a tree quite near me. I 
recognized it as a beautiful male Evening 
Grosbeak. 
I think this is the first appearance of this 
bird in this state. Robert II. Fernald. 
XtCJn&i JlS-30 ,/*. ^6. 
Hoccot, hr antes ve snort ina . 
A fine ad. male in Greene Smith collection is labelled 
"Maine, from J. G. Bell". (No. 1015, no date). 
The Evening Grosbeak at Portland, Maine. — I found seven Even- 
ing Grosbeaks (Iiesperiphona vespertina vespertina), representing both 
sexes, in the Western Cemetery, Portland, early in the afternoon of April 
16, 1914. It was a wintry day, and snow was falling at the time, with 
several inches of a fresh deposit on the ground. The birds were feeding on 
sumac fruit. They were easily approached but moved about with a pecu- 
liar abrupt activity, calling frequently and loudly. 
Though the Evening Grosbeak is no longer a stranger in Maine, its 
occurrences have not been so frequent that another is without interest; 
and the middle of April appears to be a rather late date for it. Nathan 
Clifford Bkown, Portland, Maine. 
ago . 
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