XVII 
THE GROSBEAK BRANCH 
(Fringillide) — Continued 
Tue third division of this family is of gros- 
beaks. These are the largest of the group, and 
nearly the size of a robin, with very big beaks. 
They live in trees and wear some bright colors. 
They are also fine singers. 
In the Eastern States, and west to Missouri, is 
found the Rosr-BREASTED GROSBEAK. He isa 
beautiful bird, black and white, with a gorgeous 
rose-colored patch on his white breast, and the 
same color on the inside of his wings. You can 
see him in the picture. His mate is modest in 
stripes of brown and buffy white. 
A lady whom I know in New England has had 
three of these birds living tame in her house, 
hardly at all confined to a cage. Each one was 
picked up when just out of the nest and so injured 
that it could not care for itself. It was carefully 
fed and reared in the house, and thus saved from 
death. 
