ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 151 



shaded ; it also occurs in orchards, but apparently its natural 

 habitat is a growth of young trees or saplings, particularly 

 in low ground. In midsummer it is often seen in potato- 

 fields, collecting the slugs of the potato-beetle to carry to 

 its young. 



The song of the Rose -breasted Grosbeak is a fine, power- 

 ful warble, with some of the cadence of the Robin's song, 



Fig. 36. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Female 



though faster ; a " glorified Robin," Burroughs has called 

 it. Its alarm-note is a sharp, metallic click. 



The female looks like an overgrown sparrow, and may 

 readily be told by her large bill, the white line over her 

 eye, and the white on the wing. As the male flies, he shows 

 a ring of white, formed by the white in his wing. 



Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis 



8.25 



Ad. $. — Top and sides of head, conspicuous crest, and under 

 parts bright red; forehead and throat black; back, wings, and tail 

 tinged with gray; bill red. Ad. £. — Crest, wings, and tail dull 



