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Brewster on the Pine Grosbeak. 
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Massachusetts, and as several of the extralimital records — 
notably for New York — relate to dates in November or early 
ecember, it seems better to treat them as representing inde- 
pendent movements, such as were noted during the same winter 
m northern Maine and New Hampshire. 
Map No. 2 shows the gradual and fairly regular southward 
advance of the greater part of the flock across southern New 
England, from the end of November through December and 
January. That the birds pushed no further southward is evi- 
dence that they found food enough to supply them until their 
return, which, though difficult to trace, apparently occurred in 
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Map II. Distribution of the Pine Grosbeak, Winter of 1892-93. 
the early part of March. Several observers in eastern Massa- 
chusetts, who were in the field throughout the winter, and kept 
regular observations, reported a falling off in February, and a 
marked increase in March. The latest records were Fitchburg, 
April 2, and Arlington April 4. 
