Coccothraustes vespertina in Erie County, N. Y. — On the 15th of April. 
1SS7, Mr. B. W. Fenton of Buffalo shot a pair (male and female) of Even- 
ing Grosbeaks at Brant, Erie County, N. Y., and brought the male’s head 
to the late Charles Linden for identification. This observation was pub- 
lished by Prof. Linden in the ‘Forest and Stream,’ Vol. XXVIII, 1887, p. 
367. This is, I believe, the first record from New York State which is 
backed by a specimen : the above-mentioned head is now in the collection 
of Mr. A, H. Alberger of Buffalo, and places the record beyond cavil. 
On Jan. 10, 1S90, Mr. D. W. Fenton observed a flock of nine Evening 
Grosbeaks in our City Park, and on the following day with his assistance 
I was able to secure three specimens, two females and one immature 
male. The birds were very tame, and were feeding on the seeds of the 
maple. 
On the 18th of January, 1890, Mr. Geo. Harris of West Seneca, Erie 
County, received a fine male of this species, which had been shot at 
West Seneca. He was informed that the bird was in full song on a low 
bush when shot, and that no more were seen at the time. 
These facts, excepting the Harris record, are also embodied in a 
report to ‘Forest and Stream’ (Vol. XXXIV, 1890, pp. 64, 65,) by Dr. 
A. K. Fisher. — W. H. Bergtold, M. D., Buffalo , N. T. 
▲uk, VII. April, 1880. p. X6 1 - X / O 
r 333 - Evening Grosbeak near Buffalo. By Chas. Linden. Ibid. No 
17, May 19, p. 367. For. & Stream, Vol. XXVIII 
1375. Evening Grosbeak at Elmira , N. 2 ~. By Edward Swift. Ibid., 
No. 20, Dec. 8, p. 383. — A male taken Nov. 25.FOT. Ss Stream. Vol. 2 
1899. Evening Grosbeak near Troy , N. T. By John A. Sampson. 
ibid., April 17, p. 247. ipQir, ftstrsam, Ve h 34 
1870. Evening Grosbeak in Western New Tork. son. 
Ibid., p. 65. For, Ss Stream, voI s 3-2 , / 3. 
Coccothraustes vespertinus. Evening Grosbeak. — During the 
remarkable flight of these birds to the eastward in the winter of 1889-90, 
several were taken at different points about the county. 
The Evening Grosbeak in Central New York in April. — On April ii 
a neighbor described to me two birds which she had seen in the fruit 
trees in her yard so accurately that I had no doubt that she had seen a 
pair of Evening Grosbeaks ( Hesperiphona vespertina ). A later search 
failed to reveal them that day, however, but on the following day I was 
sent for, and on nearing the place heard their curious notes, and had no 
difficulty in finding the birds. They were quite tame, and I watched 
them for a long time. They spent most of the time on the ground or in 
the lower branches of the trees, and the male in particular seemed very 
partial to the shriveled and discolored apples that lay on the ground or 
clung to the branches. Whether he ate the pulp or the seeds I could not 
tell positively. 
In the winter of 1901-02 these birds were quite common here, but I have 
since had no report of them until the present instance, and I was sur- 
prised to see them here this year after the spring had broken and all 
the earlv birds were starting their nesting. — Louis Agassiz Fuertes,. 
Ithaca , N. Y. 
Auk, XXI, July, 1904, p . 3 SS~- 
