Birds of Canada. 59 
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
Guiraca Ludovictana.—The Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak. 
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak arrives in Canada 
about the first of May, and remains until October, 
when it goes south. General color, above, glossy 
Diack: “a, broad carmine- crescent, across; the 
breast, auxiliaries and under wing, coverts; the 
rest of the under parts, white. The song of this 
beautiful and solitary bird is mellow, plaintive, 
and loud. Perched upon the topmost branches 
of a tree in the thickest of the wood, it wafts 
forth its tender and affecting song for hours at a 
