. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . aner webs. Length, to ; wing, to ; tail, ; bill, . fine species is a not uncommon winter visitant in Wisconsinand occurs occasionally in winter in northern Illinois. Mr. E. states: A winter visitant occurring at irregular intervals. Inthe winter of 187 i they wer equite common throughout the northernportion of the state. Mr. F. M. Woodruff considers it a very irreg-ular winter visitant to northeastern Illinois. He procured a speci-men at River Forest on January 13, 18S7, and another at Englewood,March, 1888. He write
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . aner webs. Length, to ; wing, to ; tail, ; bill, . fine species is a not uncommon winter visitant in Wisconsinand occurs occasionally in winter in northern Illinois. Mr. E. states: A winter visitant occurring at irregular intervals. Inthe winter of 187 i they wer equite common throughout the northernportion of the state. Mr. F. M. Woodruff considers it a very irreg-ular winter visitant to northeastern Illinois. He procured a speci-men at River Forest on January 13, 18S7, and another at Englewood,March, 1888. He writes: Mr. B. T. Gault informs me that onDecember 25, 1886, he observed five in Garfield Park, Chicago, wherethey were feeding upon the keys of the box elder. * * * * ^^ K. Coale has furnished me with the following interesting record: On Febr. 11, 1887, Mr. E. A. Colby shot twelve Evening Grosbeaksin Chicago, which he presented to me in the flesh; he also saw severalflocks during the winter feeding on the buds of trees. (Birds of the. Male. Jan., igoq. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 567 Chicago Area, 1907, p. 126.) There are numerous other IlHnois re-cords, flocks have been seen in northern Illinois late in April, andit has been taken in northern Indiana as late as Mav 13. In the more central portions of Illinois it is rare. Specimenshave been taken by Mr. Charles K. Worthen at Warsaw, 111., andMr. O. P. Hay records taking six birds of this species near Eureka,Woodford Co., in the fall of 1872. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, July,
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