4;j() .N OUT 1 1 AMKUICAN HIIIDS. 



early in tlio niorniiiLj to receive his allowance of seed. As sj)rin.ur approached, 

 he Ite^an to whistle in tht* nioinini:-, and his notes were exceediiiulv I'ich and 

 fnll. As the time came when his mates were movini; north, his t'amiharitv 

 entirely disa]»]>eared, and he soniiht constantly, hy day and l»y niirlit, to eseape 

 hy dasliin^ against tin win(h»w-panes, and diirini: the day tilled tlie house 

 with his piteous wailini: cries, refiisinL; his food, so th;it in ]>ity he was let 

 out. l>ut no sooner was he thus released than he .seemed inditVerent to the 

 l)rivilei'-e. and keitt ahout the door so ix-rsistentlv tliat iie had at last to he 

 driven away, lest some accident sh(»uld l)efall him. 



The I'ine (Irosheaks were found 'ty IJisehotf at Sitka and at Kodiak, and 

 are .said hy Mr. J)all to be extremely commoa near Xulato, and wherever 

 there are trees throughout *'ie Yukon Territory. They fre(puMit j^roves of 

 wilhtw and ])oplar, near open places, and esjxcially the water-side in winter, 

 and in summer seek more retired ])laces for breediui^. Their crops, when 

 opene<l, were always found to contain the hearts of the buds of po])lars, with 

 the external coverinus carefully rejected, and were never found to include 

 anything,' else. Mr. I )all noticed no sonir, only a twitter and a long chirp. He 

 found tliem exeellent as an article of food. Kuro])ean eggs of this bird, taken 

 by Mr. Wollev in Finland in 1858, are of an oblong-oval sha])e, and have a 

 light slate-colored ground with a marked tinge of greenish, broadly marked 

 and ]»laslied with faint, subdued cloudy j»atches of brownish-pur] >le, .and sj>ar- 

 ingly spotted, chietly at the hirger end, with blackish-brown and dark purjde. 

 They measure l.)>2 inches in length by .70 in breadth. 



Xo positively identitied eiiiijs of the American Pine Grosbeak are as 

 yet known in collections, but Mr. lioardman has found a nest, near Calais, 

 ai»out which there can be little doubt, although the parent was not seen. 

 This was ]»laced in an ahh'r-bush in a wet meadow, and was about four 

 feet from the uround. It was comiM»sed entirely of coarse ijreen mosses. 

 The eiiLis were two, and were not distinguishable from those of the 

 European aivchntor. 



CiEisus PYRRHULA, Pallas. 



rtirrhvln, " BiiissoN, Orn. 1760." Pallas. 



Gev. Cilvr. Bill vt'iv sln^rt and thick, liiLrher than loner, swollon. Lowor jaw broador 

 at hasc tluin upper jaw, ami hroadcr than Icntrth of jroiiys. Nostrils and l>a.s<> of niandihlo 

 conceal* (I hv' a thick Hift <tf rather st>ft feathers. Tail neaily even. short(»r than the 

 pointed wini^s; tippei" coverts reachinjj over nearly two thirds the tail. Middle and hind 

 claws about ecpial. 



Tliis genus is closely related to Pinicnhi, but has a more swollen and much 

 shorter bill, the lower jaw dispro])ortionately larger, and wider than long ah)ng 

 gonys, instead of being about equal. The nasal tuft is thicker and more 

 feathery and less bristly than in Piiniohf. The upper tail-coyerts are much 



