Splnus •ginus . 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
1874. 
Aug» 5 
187G. 
Juno 3.. 
(Juno 11} 
19, 
1979. 
Juno 19, 
“ 21 , 
1980. 
May 10' * 
Sept. 2, 
A largo flook fooding in a birch, with two Rod 
Crossbills. Shfaoting one of the ?>ine Pinches I found 
it was long past the brooding season. Unlike last sea¬ 
son I seldom sou or hoar those birds noar tho lake house, 
and tho few not with elsewhere have tho habits of tho 
spool os in autumn. 
Wo soo them daily in' small flocks. 
They havo become abundant within tho last few days, 
coining about "tho house in little companies „ Wo have 
not heard ..horn singing yet. 
Daily becoming more abundant; I hoard tho males 
singing this ' orning. Tho song is st rikingly like 
that of G hrysomitris t rlstis but perfectly distinguisha¬ 
ble and. decidedly inferior. Those birds are now ox- 
c 1 usiv o 1 y in pai r s. 
Vary scarce this season. A few noted daily dur¬ 
ing tho first part of my stay, but of late I see them 
very rare iy. 
A single bird alighted in tho road on tho Sargent 
place, 
Alva Coolodgo called my attention to one of thoso 
birds, remarking that they equally eon ion with tho Cross¬ 
bills about tho logging camps in winter. I now see 
or hoar thorn daily. 
Very numerous about the house v/hore groat flocks 
come to feed in the paper birch. When there is no wind 
nearly avory bush and twig of foliage soon is trembling 
with t h o i r r to vox \ c j;, t s, 
Not nearly as common as at the time of my arrival. 
Common during our entire stay but not as abundant 
as usual; in snail flocks feeding on the birch seeds. 
