NEWFOUNDLAND PINE GROSBEAK 337 



weight of eschatosus as 52 to 61 grams compared with 70 to 83 grams 

 for leucura. 



Peters and Burleigh (1915) tell us that this bird is known locally in 

 Newfoundland as "mope" because of its inactivity and tameness. It 

 occurs in flocks of 5 to 10, or occasionally 20 to 30, most commonly in 

 partly barren areas with clumps of dwarf spruces and larches, or Lab- 

 rador tea. It is especially fond of the berries of the mountain ash. 

 The nests are placed rather low in conifers and are built of twigs and 

 moss. The clutch consists of tliree or four eggs. 



Distribution 



Range. — Breeds from central Quebec (Mistassini Post, Anticosti 

 Island) and Newfoundland south to northern New Hampshire (Con- 

 necticut Lakes), central Maine (Somerset County; King and Bartlett 

 lakes), southern New Brunswick (Milltown, Saint John), and Nova 

 Scotia (Neil Harbour, Barrington, Sable River); once in Connecticut 

 (Wilton). 



Winter range. — Winters south to Wisconsin (Madison), northern 

 Ohio (Fulton County, Painesville), Pennsylvania (Tionesta, Warren, 

 State College), and Virginia (Shenandoah National Park). 



Casual record. — Accidental in northern Keewatin (Repulse Bay). 



Egg dates. — New Brunswick: 2 records, June 15 to June 24. 



Newfoundland: 3 records, May 26 to June 28. 



PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR KAMTSCHATKENSIS (Dybowski) 



Kamchatka Pine Grosbeak 



Habits 



This race of the widely distributed species breeds in Kamchatka, and 

 has been taken only once in North American territory. J. H. Riley 

 (1917) reported that a specimen in the United States National Mu- 

 seum, transferred there by the Bureau of Fisheries, was "taken on the 

 tundra of St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, Oct., 1915." 



The best condensed description of the subspecies seems to be that of 

 Hartert (1910), which James L. Peters has kindly translated for me as 

 follows : 



"The Eastern Siberian Pine Grosbeak differs from the European 

 West Siberian form through noticeably thicker, higher, and shorter 

 bni; also, as a rule, the color is somewhat paler, the red of the male 

 lighter and the underparts perhaps paler gray. The feet appear to 

 be somewhat stronger. Bill 15 mm." 



We seem to have no information on its habits, which probably do not 

 differ materially from those of adjacent races. 



