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~’~"~While at theTsland of Southport, on the Maine coast, this summer from 
July 20 to August 17, we heard the White-winged Cross-bills ( Loxia leu- 
coftera ) singing in a manner to which the bird books we have so far 
consulted do not give due credit. The song of one on the west side from 
the top of a spruce tree excited our admiration, but at the cape where co- 
niferous trees abound, the chorus from a number made us think of a bird 
store let loose. The song seemed much richer, louder and more prolonged 
than that of the Goldfinch, — more like a Canary’s outpour with all the 
calls, trills, warble's and choppings. It was given on the wing as well as 
from the tree-tops, and the birds were very tame, alighting on the ground 
near us. We heard the bird also from the steamer singing at Christmas 
Cove and at Pemaquid. A number of bird lovers were agreed in calling 
it a rarely beautiful song, and that the bird should be placed high up in the 
list of sweet singers. — Abby F. C. Bates, Waterville , Maine. 
° Au XVIII, Oct., 1901, W. '/rV. 
