FAMILY FringillidcB 



feed upon the pine seeds which they drop as 

 they tear at the pine and fir cones. 



They remind one of the goldfinch and siskin 

 in their manner of flight and querulous call 

 notes and soft warbling song, and in feeding 

 habits they resemble the chickadee in their 

 manner of hanging back downwards at the 

 ends of the tree branches while they peck at 

 the seeds. 



The redpoll migrates in winter more from 

 want of food supply than on account of the 

 temperature, often appearing in the United 

 States in open winters and being found in the 

 far north in the most severe weather, seem- 

 ingly immune to bitter cold. The nest is 

 built in low trees, bushes or on the ground 

 as circumstances permit. It is composed of 

 moss and fine grass, lined with hair and 

 feathers. 



Western evening grosbeak, Hesperi- 



phona vespertina montana. 7.00 



Distribution: Western North America 



from British Columbia to northern Mexico, 



and from the Rocky Mountains to the 



Pacific Coast. 



The western evening grosbeak is a bird of 

 irregular distribution. Its summer home 

 seems to be in the heavy coniferous timber 

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