3iS PINE GROSBEAK. Class 11. 



I imagine they breed there, for I faw them Auguft 

 5th. They feed on the feeds of the pine. Lin- 

 n^us fays, they fing in the night. 



It is near twice the fize of the bulfmch. The 

 bill (trong, dufky, forked at the end ; lefs thick 

 than that of the common bulfinch : head, back, 

 neck, and bread of a rich crimfon : the bottoms 

 of the feathers afli-color ; the middle of thofe on 

 the back and head black : the lower belly and vent 

 alh-color: the lefier coverts of the wings duiky, 

 edged with orange *, the next with a broad flripe 

 of white : the lowed order of greater coverts with 

 another ; exterior edges of the fame color : the 

 quil-feathers and tail dulky ; their exterior edges 

 of a dirty white : legs black : length nine inches 

 and a half. There feems an agreement in colors, 

 as well as food, between this fpecies and the 

 crofs-bill ; one that I faw in Scotland^ and believe 

 to be the female, was (like the female crofs-bill) 

 of a dirty green ; the tail and quil-feathers duiky* 



Loxia. 



