PINE GROSBEAK. 
515. Pinicola enucleator leucura. 81% inches. 
Male rosy red; female gray and yellowish. 
These pretty birds visit us every winter, coming 
from Canada and northern New England, where they 
are found in summer. They are very fearless birds and 
might almost be regarded as stupid; when they are 
feeding you can easily approach within a few feet of 
them, and they have often been caught in butterfly 
nets. They may, at times, be found in any kind of trees 
or woods, but they show a preference for small growth 
pines, where they feed upon the seeds and upon seeds 
of weeds that project above the snow. 
Song.—A low sweet warble; call, a clear, repeated 
whistle. 
Nest.—In coniferous trees, of twigs, rootlets and 
strips of bark; eggs three to four in number, greenish 
blue spotted Sine brown and lilae (1.00 x .70). 
Range.—Breeds in eastern British America and north- 
ern New England; winters south to New York and 
Ohio. Several sub-species are found west of the Rockies. 
