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GENUS CORYTHUS — CUVIER. 



PINE FINCH. 



[Bill short, robust, bulging at the base, conical, acute — upper mandible with its 

 dorsal line very convex — nostrils wholly covered with recumbent feathers — 

 head rather large — neck short, full — body stout, elongated — wings of moderate 

 length, pointed — tail rather long, deeply emarginate — tarsi short, compressed — 

 feet and toe^ stout, rough.] 



CORYTHUS ENUCLEATOR— LINN. 



PINE GROSBEAK. 



Pine Grosbeak, Loxia enucleator, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Pyrrhula enucleator, Bonap. Syn. 



Pyrrhula ^Corythus) enucleator, Pine Bullfinch, Sw. & Rich. 



Pine Grosbeak or Bullfinch, Nutt. Man. 



Pine Grosbeak, Phyrrliula enucleator, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill black, strong, upper mandible curving over 

 the lower ; primaries edged with white ; secondaries more broadly- 

 edged with the same ; the outer webs of the secondary coverts to- 

 ward their ends broadly margined and tipped with white ; the tips 

 of the lesser coverts also white ; tail deeply emarginate. Adult with 

 the head, neck all round, breast, fore part of back, and rump car- 

 mine ; the feathers on the fore part of the back have central black 

 markings ; wings blackish-brown ; the primaries edged with red- 

 dish ; the secondaries broadly edged with white ; secondary and 

 first row of small coverts tipped with reddish-white ; tail-feathers 

 blackish-brown, margined with reddish ; abdomen and lower tail 

 coverts light gray. Female with the upper part of the head, hind 

 neck, and rump, yellowish-brown — deeper on the latter; back 

 brownish-gray ; wings and tail dark — the former edged with white, 

 secondary coverts and first row of small coverts tipped with the 

 same ; lower parts ashy-gray, tinged with yellow ; abdomen and 

 lower tail coverts lighter. Length nine inches, wing five. 



