36 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



51 H Nos. 56-70 : Showing black AND RED, but no yellow. 

 * Nos. 56-64: With red on breast. 



56. MOURNING DOVE. 



Grayish-blue Purplish-red . 



12. Bill, black; eye, red; black spot on side of head ; 



neck, iridescent ; shoulders, black-spotted ; ends of wings 



and middle tail-feathers, black ; outer tail-feathers, black 



and white ; throat and breast, purplish-red ; abdomen, 



lighter ; sides, grayish-blue ; essentially like wild pigeon, 



but smaller ; ? has red of breast replaced by grayish. 



Breeds northward to southern edge of Mass. and on southern edge 

 of Ad'r'ks, but found irregularly and in small flocks ; sometimes seen 

 in winter, and permanent in several counties of Pa. and in S. N. J. ; 

 nest, on ground or in bush ; eggs, in May, 2, pure white. 



57. ROBIN. 



Dark olive-gray Bright chestnut. 



9-10. Bill, yellow ; head, black, slightly white-spotted ; 



tail, blackish, end of outer feathers, white ; chin, white, 



black-streaked ; throat, breast, and sides, bright chestnut ; 



under tail-coverts, white. 



Nest, of three layers, outside of coarse vegetable material, the 

 middle of mud, finely lined, in all sorts of places, chiefly in trees ; 

 eggs, latter part of April, 4-5, greenish-blue ; permanent in N. J. 



5S. CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 



Vermilion. 



8^. Bill, coral red ; black around base of bill ; crested ; 



9 , very much faded. 



Northward, rarely to Conn , permanent in S. Pa. and N. J ; nest, 

 in bush or tree, near ground, often near water, rather coarse ; eggs, 

 white, brown-spotted ; a favorite cage-bird. 



