The Evening Grosbeak at Boston, Mass.— On December 5, 1910, 
two Evening Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina ) were seen in 
Olmsted Park beside Leverett Pond in a birch tree. It was at this pre- 
cise point in the park that the Orange-crowned Warbler and the Blue- 
grey Gnatcatcher had been seen two days previous, of which another 
general note furnishes the record. Neither bird was in the plumage of 
the adult male. One showed but a bit of yellowish color on the nape of 
the neck. The other was somewhat more yellowish. Both birds had a 
black tail tipped with white and the black upper tail-coverts also tipped 
with white. The bills of both were horn-color. The more yellowish bird, 
quite probably a young male, gave many clear whistles as he moved about 
in the birch, or dropped to the ground. The other bird, in the plumage 
of the female, responded with a slight chattering. The birds were viewed 
as near as fifteen feet. Both at length flew across the pond, where the 
young male’s whistles could still be heard. These birds were thus in Brook- 
line as well as Boston and crossed the waters on which the rare wild ducks 
wintered last season (Auk, October, 1910, pp. 390-408). Two other 
records of a single bird each, seen by other observers, have come to my 
knowledge, indicating that once more this far northwestern bird has 
appeared in eastern Massachusetts.— Horace W. Wright, Boston, Mass. 
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The Evening Grosbeak at Lancaster, Mass. — On Sunday, January- 
15, 1911, as I was walking along the main street, I was attracted by a 
peculiar whistle, and looking around I saw three Evening Grosbeaks 
( Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina ) light on the ground under some 
spruces, not twenty-five feet from where I stood. They were eating some 
kind of seeds. There was a male in fine bright plumage and two dull- 
colored birds, which I took to be females. These are the first Evening 
Grosbeaks I have ever seen in Lancaster, although they have been reported 
from the next Town (Leominster). — John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. 
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Evening Grosbeaks ( Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina) at Man- 
chester, N. H. — On March 6, 1913, at 8 o’clock a. m., I saw seven Evening 
Grosbeaks in front of the Woman’s Aid Home in Manchester, N . H. One 
was a brilliant male in full plumage, the others varying greatly . They were 
in a small mountain ash tree, sixteen feet from where I stood, but were 
not feeding while I watched them. Later in the morning I located them 
feeding in maple trees, about four blocks distant from the former location, 
one brilliant male and six others as before. I publish this note in the in- 
terest of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, other members of 
which have likewise observed grosbeaks recently . — Edwa rd H. Fogg, 
Manchester, N. H. Attic 30, July, 19IQ. P. 
Evening Grosbeaks at Jamaica Plain, Mass. — In the April number 
of 1 The Auk,’ Mr. Edward H. Atherton reports an Evening Grosbeak (Hes- 
periphona vespertina vespertina) in the Arnold Arboretum. The bird re- 
mained for about six weeks the last date of observation being February 8, 
1914. 
This however was not the only appearance of this species in the Arbore- 
tum this season. On March 15, 1914, with Mr. Ralph M. Harrington of 
Cambridge, Mass., and the writer saw two fine males and one female in the 
river birches near the superintendent’s house where they were feeding on 
the seeds. The males were uttering low whistling notes. The female was 
much darker than the bird noted by Mr. Atherton. They were seen several 
times in about the same place for just a month (March 15- April 15). A 
number of times two males and one female were observed at Quincy, 
Mass., and on those identical dates the birds were not to be found in the 
Arboretum. Were they the same birds? The two places are only about 
eight miles apart. — Harold S. Barrett, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
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