Spinus pinus. Lake Umbagog. 1836 February 9. Sent me in the flesh by Luman Sargent who shot them near the shores of Lake Umbagog. Reached me in fairly good con- dition. I skinned and sexed them. III24 - III25, females, positively not breeding; ovaries as unde- veloped as in the female Goldfinches shot at the same time. 1907.v Spinus pinus Bethel, Maine July 14-22. The village of Coburns Betles town from Jessiery I see or heard them constantly, whenever I struck cross the street that leads to cross the river, usually in the tops of the elms and began mother. to day I found two feeding on the ground under an elm. Both were adults & I strike a pair. They were eating buds but of what I could not determine although I tried many with the fallen buds of the elms. Most of the birds I see are in flight flocks. As a they give only the chirruping but come once to dry fights The shorter form of song I heard The closely resembled that which may be clearly sounded thus Swee-e-e-e-e given with a rising inflection. copy 3 68