Large Flight of White-winged Crossbills on Long Island, N. Y. The 
Red Crossbills, Loxia curvirostra minor , are more or less regular in 
their appearance on Long Island each year and occasionally breed there, 
but the presence of the White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoftera , is of 
such rare occurrence, that I consider their appearance in such large num- 
bers during the past fall and winter worthy of note. 
Capt. James G. Scott presented me with a fine adult male of this spe- 
cies that he shot on the 7th of November from a flock of seven or eight at 
Montauk Point, L. I. The next evidence of their presence that came to 
my notice was on the 20th of November, when I met with them in large 
numbers. Between Mount Sinai Harbor and Long Island is a long strip 
of beach and low sand ridges; on the harbor side these are covered with 
a scattering growth of bushes and dwarfed red cedars. The hills on the 
eastern side of the harbor are covered with a thick growth of red cedars, 
and it was in this vicinity that most of the birds were noticed. There 
was a strong northwest wind blowing at the time and the birds were fly- 
ing very low, many of them just clearing the tops of the trees and bushes. 
Most of the birds were noticed between 9 a. m. and 12 m. During this 
time thousands of Pine Finches, Goldfinches and White-winged Cross- 
bills were passing westward, occasionally in mix-ed flocks, but each species 
appearing to keep in groups by themselves. Between the hours men- 
