PINE GROSBEAK. 13 



very little shorter than the third ; the first feather a little 

 shorter than the fourth, and both shorter than the second ; 

 the fifth one quarter of an inch shorter than the fourth. 



This bird is considered to be a young male after his first 

 autumnal moult, and this plumage is retained till the second 

 year, when, according to authors, all the red parts become 

 more or less tinged with yellowish orange. 



The adult female killed at Harrow has the beak orange 

 brown ; the irides hazel ; the head, ear-coverts, and back of 

 the neck, honey-yellow; back and scapulars slate grey; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts honey-yellow, like the colour of the 

 head ; both sets of wing-coverts, and all the quill-feathers, 

 greyish black, edged and tipped with white, without any of 

 the red tinge observed on the white of young males ; tail 

 above uniform greyish black ; all the under surfiice of this 

 bird, from the chin to the under tail-coverts, uniform ash- 

 grey ; legs, toes, and claws, dark brown. 



Females, when older than this bird, have the head, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts, orange yellow. When younger than 

 our bird, the same parts are greenish brown. 



Young birds of the year, before their first moult, resemble 

 the female, but are more tinged with brown. 



