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entirely of rootlets woven together, and contained four 

 eggs which were slightly mcubated ; the eggs were dull 

 green spotted with bro\ATi, and closely resembled those 

 of the Red-winged Blackbird. 



Smith (08) states that H. S. Reed found a brood of 

 four or five young birds just out of the nest on 

 July 22nd, 1898, in California Park in the Elk Head 

 Mountains, Routt co., so that it probably breeds not 

 uncommonly in the mountain parks. 



Genus PINICOLA. 



Large Finches — wing over 4-0 — with a broad, stout and short bill, 

 the culmen strongly down-ciu-ved and hooked at the tip, and less than 

 the length of the tarsus ; nostrils more or less concealed by forwardly 

 growing bristles ; wing long and pointed, difference between primaries 

 and secondaries less than twice the length of the tarsus ; tail moderate, 

 slightly emarginate, about -75 length of wing ; tarsus shorter than the 

 middle toe and claw ; plumage plain grey with a wash of red or yellow. 



The Pine -Grosbeaks are all included under one species, spread over 

 the northern parts of the Old and New Worlds. A number of sub- 

 specific races have been recognized by recent authors, and one of these 

 is found at higher elevations in Colorado. 



Rocky Mountain Pine-Grosbeak. 

 Pinicola enucleator montana. 



A.O.U. Checklist no 515a — Colorado Records — Ridgway 73, p. 181 ; 

 Trippe 74, p. 105 ; Drew 81, p. 89 ; 85, p. 15 ; Stone 82, p. 191 ; Mor- 

 rison 88, p. 73 ; 89, p. 149 ; Kellogg 90, p. 88 ; McGregor 97, p. 38 ; 

 Cooke 97, pp. 96, 212 ; Henderson 03, p. 236 ; 09, p. 235 ; Rockwell 

 08, p. 170. 



Description. — Male — General colotu? above and below ashy-grey 

 becoming dusky or blackish on the wings and tail, most of the wing- 

 feathers margined with white ; the greater part of the body-feathers, 

 especially on the head, rump and breast, overlaid with bright carmine- 

 red ; bill dull black to horn-brown ; legs black. Length 8-25 ; wing 

 4-60 ; tail 3-60 ; culmen -60 ; tarsus -60. 



The female has no red, but the crown and sides of the head are bright 

 golden-yellow, and there is a touch of the same colour on the upper 

 tail-coverts. Young males usually resemble the females, but there 

 is a good deal of abnormality about the plumage of this species ; adult 



