April 4 a flock of birds, ■which from the 
description given me of them must have 
been Bfid Crossbills, were seen at this 
place. 
The Red C rossb ill made its first appearance 
on Nov. 20, 1889, although not abundant, as 
there are no tracts of coniferous trees in this 
immediate vicinity. I have examined speci- 
mens in the Museum of Middlebury College 
(all collected on the Campus) which have the 
j following dates: Feb., 1884, April 11 , 1884, 
June 28, 18S4, with the suggestion that the 
June birds were breeding. 
The year 1888 furnished me one note; June 
16, three specimens seen in the same vicinity / 
and positively identified by A. D. Mead. 
vi: S'. /-/ . 
®+(9- £V. I»90. /s.l/3. 
Summer Bds.Mt. Mansfield, Vt. 
35 . Loxia (curvirostra minor?) Crossbill. — I observed (in 1899 ) 
several flocks of a dozen or more Crossbills, probably of this species, fly- 
,1 ing about over the summit. They were very restless, and never alighted 
near enough for positive identification. 
by Arthur H, Howell, Auk, XVIII, Oct., 1901, p . 3 9Z 
