Birds of Oregon and Washington 47 



To be found always in farm-fields and in all 

 open places about towns and cities. 



To a considerable extent, a permanent resi- 

 dent. 



THE WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. 



General Description : 



Old gold, nearly all over ; large white patches on 



wings; very large bill. 

 Length, 8 inches. 

 Found about towns and country places some seasons 

 from February into May. 



This is the most beautiful late winter and 

 spring bird in our section, and one of the most 

 beautiful birds that we have at any time of the 

 year. The Grosbeak comes from homes largely 

 unknown, from the Coast Range, the Cascade 

 Mountains, and perhaps, in part, from the Sier- 

 ras. No one has yet found their nesting-places. 

 Only two or three nests have been reported, and 

 these were apparently accidental, but the birds 

 have been seen at nesting-time in the Cascade 

 Mountains in southern Oregon, by A. W. 

 Anthony, and Messrs. Finley, Bohlman, and 

 Nicholas had evidence of their presence in the 



