FURTHER NOTES ON THE EVENING GROSBEAK. 
BY AMOS W. BUTLER. 
In addition to the records of the range of the Evening Gros- 
beak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus) , given in ‘The Auk’ for July, 
1892, I am enabled, through the kindness of several friends, to 
offer some additional notes. 
In the winter of 1889-90 Evening Grosbeaks -were tolerably 
common in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Mr. C. A. 
Stockbridge, in addition to the two reported Feb. 15, 1890, noted 
eleven Feb. 16, one March 22, one April 9, and one April 12. 
Mr. C. E. Aiken of Salt Lake City, Utah, informs me that a 
large number of specimens were obtained near Whiting Station, 
Indiana, in the winter of 1S86-S7 by Mr. R. A. Turtle of 
Chicago. To some few of these I have doubtless referred before. 
Prof. F. Cramer, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., under 
date of March 14, 1891, says: “Two weeks ago a flock of five 
Evening Grosbeaks spent a few minutes on a tree in our back 
yard. They were quietly eating the little crab apples that had 
not fallen off the tree. Feb. 7 Professor Lummis saw a flock 
of ten eating the fruit of a climbing bitter-sweet near his house. 
They did not stay long.” 
coniiiiciiieiii. ±11 our ya.ru was a crau-appie tree. rue ground 
beneath it was covered with the little fruits. When the Gros- 
beaks had exhausted the supply of food in the orchard they came 
to this tree. When frightened, while upon the ground, they in- 
variably flew straight up among the branches of that tree instead 
of flying off to some other. I arranged an old pigeon net among 
the branches to try to catch some. When coming to feed they 
always alighted in a body upon the ground, and did not alight 
