. The oist . st have spent the win-ter although I never saw one here be-fore in mid-winter. Also saw threeRobins on the 31st, the only ones not-ed during the winter. There were afew Snowflakes late in February dur-ing some very stormy weather. March 3d an adult Cardinal wasseen. February 9th I saw a HolboellsGrebe in winter plumage. A SnowyOwl was seen January 12th and 1shot an adult Goshawk January 2d,but could not locate any breedingbirds this spring. There were quite afew Cedarbirds about up to the middleof January. The ice did not pass out of the riveruntil March 17th and very high waterre
. The oist . st have spent the win-ter although I never saw one here be-fore in mid-winter. Also saw threeRobins on the 31st, the only ones not-ed during the winter. There were afew Snowflakes late in February dur-ing some very stormy weather. March 3d an adult Cardinal wasseen. February 9th I saw a HolboellsGrebe in winter plumage. A SnowyOwl was seen January 12th and 1shot an adult Goshawk January 2d,but could not locate any breedingbirds this spring. There were quite afew Cedarbirds about up to the middleof January. The ice did not pass out of the riveruntil March 17th and very high waterresulted. Ducks were quite commonon the overflowed meadows and I se-cured some fine males of Mallard,American, Red-breasted and HoodedMergansers, Scaup, Bufflehead, WoodDuck and Whistlers. Saw Swans onseveral occasions: also Geese; butthese last two only seldom number of Herring Gulls have beenabout this winter and I have seen sev-eral fine Rough-legged Hawks. R. B. , Pa. THE OOLOGIST 371. 3/2 THE OOLOGIST The Pine Siskin.(Spinus pinus). The Pine Finch is an irregular win-ter visitor in this region. Not a win-ter passes but a few flocks are aboutand at irregular intervals large flightsoccur. They make their appearancein November, and by the first of Aprilhave about all departed. They are found in flocks in hemlockwoods in the mountains and whenlarge flights occur, flocks numberingas high as 200 are to be met feed almost entirely on the smallcones of the hemlock and are noisyand restless. They no doubt breedsparingly every season as at differenttimes in summer I have seen smallparties of them back in the mountains. Previous to this present season Ihad never found a nest, although afew years ago in April, while fishingin a piece of virgin timber, I saw asiskin on the ground gathering nestingmaterial. I dropped my fish poleand tried to follow her, but quicklylost her in the hemlocks and althoughI watched and moved about for overan hour, I never got s
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