Loxia leucoptera. 1895. Lake Umbagog, Maine Loxia leucoptera. August 30 ♂♀ Sept. 1 3♂♀ 4 head, 3- do 6 do. 7 do. 12 8 do 9 do. 10 do.-12 do.- 14 do. 15 30+, 16 head- 17 head 18 do. 12 20 do- 24 (3♀ & shot) Aug. 30 A pair of old birds in high plumage on the ground apparently eating berry fruit which they scavenged up in large quantities. Probably salt had been spilled on the spot. Sept. 24 Shot a pair of old birds in extremely worn ragged plumage - The ♀ had the belly bare & windblown and evidently had been incubating within than a few miles at Portland. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1895. Loxia leucoptera August 30 ♂♀ ad Lake H. September 1 (3♂♀) " " 4 head 5- do 6 do 7 do " 8 do 9 do. 10 do 11 do 12 do 13 do 14 do 15-30+ " 16 ad 17 ad 18 ad 19 ad 20 ad 24 (3♀ & shot) " Lots of crossbills - both young " from their mouths (Sept) among the White Mts. (W.P.C. & Faxon) Aug. 30 - A pair of adults, the ♂ in our high plumage feeding on the ground in company with about a dozen Q. nanae at the edge of the Umbagog Stream. They seemed to be eating the berries which they scavenged up with their bills in large quantities. Probably salt had been spilled there. Sept. 24 Shot a pair - both old birds in extremely worn ragged plumage, the ♀ completely bare with belly bare 'of feathers & wrinkled (cf. normal) They must have been nuns. When do the old birds nest? (Cf. normal & efficient) On examining these birds I found that I had prevented incubation than a few miles ago. The tests of ♂ were about this size O Note Pink, pink note of alarm or warning just before taking flight. Loud, resonant. May bee - Plantain exceedingly, like nest of Goldfinch but larger apparently a copy of any lot on somewhere else heard. Che-che-che & faint note 49. Loxia leucoptera. Oct. 22 Lake Umbagog, Maine, 1890. Lake Umbagog. Loxia leucoptera 1896. May 30 Chatter heard distinctly - Pine Point