12 
1876. 
Aug. 4. 
1881. 
Sept.23. 
Loxia curTirostra americana. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Three flaw over our place calling loudly as they 
always do when flying. 
Saw a bird in the Pine Swamp which I am certain was 
of this species. I as was*screoping" when it came out 
of the thicket and perched within ten yards of mo. It 
looked exactly like a female Indigo Bird but nearly 
twice as largo;—so largo in fact, that at first I took 
it for a female Tanager. I fired and it fell but wo 
could not find it. 
