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tioned there was an almost continuous succession of flocks containing 
from three or four to as many as one hundred and fifty or two hundred 
birds in a flock. Their notes, quite unlike those of their red cousins, 
remind one more of the twittering notes which the Pine Finch utters when 
feeding. Two or three flocks of Red Crossbills were also noted. 
November 21, I again visited the same locality and several hundred 
‘White-wings’ were seen, but very few compared to the numbers seen on 
the previous day, and all were flying very high. On both days they appeared 
to be very restless, and when called down would alight in the tops of the 
cedars. After picking for a moment or two as if in search of food and find- 
ing none they would at once resume their journey westward across the har- 
bor. Sixteen specimens were examined and all were in good flesh ; their 
stomachs contained only a little sand and traces of vegetable matter. All 
of those seen appeared to be adults except one female taken, whose skull 
indicated immaturity. The red males appeared to be the more numerous. 
November 22 again found me in the same locality, but only a single 
‘White-wing’ was seen, this was in company with a flock of Goldfinches. 
On several occasions from this time on until the 20th of February, when 
I left Millers Place, single birds or a small flock would be seen, but I 
think very few spent the winter on the island. 
The Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra minor) were also more numer- 
ous than usual during the past winter, and I think a few remained and 
bred on the island. May 6 , two small flocks were noticed among the 
pitch pines south of Millers Place, one flock of six containing five red 
males and one female. The following day I procured a female in worn 
plumage, whose ovaries indicated that they had recently been in an active 
state. — Arthur H. Helme, Brooklyn, N. Y. , a s 
Auk, XVII, July, 1900, 
