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Loxia curvirostra minor.
Loxia americana.
1873.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
June --
Abundant and generally distributed.
Aug. 9.
Saw one, the first since my arrival.
1874.
July 28.
Heard some flying.
Aug. 4.
Saw three near the Lake House.
1876.
June 10.
A small flock feeding among the cones of the pine
at the boat-landing.
" 19.
Heard flying.
1880.
May 18.
A flock of ten containing one or two adults, the
remainder young birds in first plumage, feeding in the
white pine at the landing, and in the birch in front of
the house.
June 4.
Three feeding in the white pine at the landing
making a continuous crackling noise as they dissected
the dry cones. I shot one, an adult female which evi-
dently had bred many weeks since.
Sept.13.
Heard them to-day