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among birds, the females sing this song as well as the males, 

 but their la}^ is not given as loudly as that of the males, nor 

 is it as fine. 



The males have the habit of rising in air, usually in the vi- 

 cinity of the nests, to a considerable height, then descending 

 slowly with the wings held upward and singing loudly. Both 

 sexes give a sharp chirp of alarm, and the males utter a 

 clinking note when disturbed. 



Genus. PINE GROSBEAKS. Pimcola. 



Large birds, eight inches long. Pill, short and thick, with 

 upper mandible curved, and extending beyond the lower. 



Wings, long and pointed, longer than the quite deeply forked 

 tail. Plumage, very thick. We have a single species of which 

 the sexes are di'«similar when adult. 



Pine Grosbeak. 



PiNICOLA ENUCLEATOR. 



Plate XIII, Fig. 1. 

 Adult, male. Ilusty red throughout, darkest on the back 

 where the feathers show dark centers. Abdomen and under 

 tail coverts, gray. Wing and tail blackish, the former show- 

 ing two white bands, and some of the feathers are margined 

 with white. Females and young, gray throughout, tinged 

 on head, back, and rump and rather more slightly across 

 breast with greenish yellow. Wings and tail as in the male. 

 Young males show traces of red and all stages occur between 

 this and the adult. 



