PERCHING BIRDS 



5Q5. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 ludoviciana. 



Zamelodia 



I i -h him 



Range. — United States, 

 east of the Plains, breed- 

 ing from the Middle States 

 and Ohio north to Mani- 

 toba and Nova Scotia. 



This beautiful black and 

 white bird with rosy red 

 breast and under wing cov- 

 erts, is one of the mosl 

 pleasing of our songsters. They nest either in 

 bushes or trees, generally between six and 

 twenty feet from the ground and usually in 

 thick clumps of trees or scrubby apple trees. 

 The three or four eggs, which are laid in June, 

 are greenish blue, spotted, most heavily about 

 the larger end, with reddish brown. Size 1.00 

 x .75. Data. — Worcester, Mass., June 5, 1899. 

 Nest of twigs and rootlets in small apple tree 

 in woods ; nest very frail, eggs showing through 

 the bottom. 



596. . .Black headed Grosbeak. 



Zamelodia melanocephala. 



Range. — United 

 States, west of 

 the Plains, breed- 

 ing from Mexico 

 north to British 

 Columbia ; w i li- 

 ters south of the 

 nish white United States. 

 This species is of the size of the last 

 (8 inches long), and is a brighl cinna- 

 mon brown color with black head, and 

 black and white wings and tail. The 

 habits <>!' this bird are the same as 

 those of the Etosebreasted Grosbeak 

 and its song is very similar but more 

 lengl hy. Their nests, like those of t he 

 last, are very flimsy si ructures placed 



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i> feel from the ground ; they are opi 1 

 frameworks of twigs, rootlet- and 

 weed stalks, through which the eggs 

 can be plainlj Been. The eggs are 

 similar to those of the preceding bu1 

 are u uallj of a paler color, the mark 

 ings, therefore showing with greater 

 distinctness. Size 1.00 1 



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Rose-breasted Grosbeak 



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