264 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Young, similar to the female. The bill is thicker in this spe- 

 cies than in the Tanager. This is a bird of the Southern 

 States, extending into Southern Illinois in the west. Its nest 

 and eggs are similar to those of the Tanager, and its song 

 is loud and melodious. 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



That song coming from the edge of the woods, and 

 strongly resembling the finest performance of the Robin — 

 only the warble is much more copious, continuously pro- 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



longed, and finely modulated with a peculiar richness, 

 purity, and sweet pathos in the tones — is the music of the 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Goniaphealudoviciand). Jet black 

 with snow-white markings, the tint of rose on his breast 

 and under his wings, he is the most strikingly beautiful of 

 all our summer visitants ; and in the charm of song, as a 

 poet and artist of the woodlands, he may rank even with 



