Loxia min or. 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1895. was in very ragged, worn breeding plumage. None of the Cross 
Sept. 25. bills were singing to-day. 
Oxford County, Maine. 
1899. Sept .23®, 26^, 27^, Bethel. Under date of Sept.26 I 
Sept.22 wrote in my diary: "The country is flooded with Crossbills of 
to 
Oct.4 both species. I see or hear tViem almost hourly . L.minor is 
the more abundant of the two." 
