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Loxia minor.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1895. was in very ragged, worn breeding plumage. None of the Cross
Sept. 25. bills were singing to-day.
(2)
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 both species. I see or hear them almost hourly. L.minor is
Oct.4 the more abundant of the two."