PINE GROSBEAK. 



515. Pinicola enucleator leucura. 8^-2 inches. 



Male rosy red: female gray and yellowish. 



These pretty birds visit us every winter, coming 

 from Canada and northern Xew England, where they 

 are found in summer. They are very fearless birds and 

 might almost be regarded as stupid : when they are 

 feeding you can easily approach within a few feet of 

 them, and tiiey have often been caught in butterfly 

 nets. They may, at times, be found in any kind of trees 

 or woods, but they show a preference for small growth 

 pines, where they feed upon the seeds and upon seeds 

 of weeds that project above the snow. 



Song 1 . A low sweet warble ; call, a clear, repeated 

 whistle. 



Nest. In coniferous trees, of twigs, rootlets and 

 strips of bark ; eggs three to four in number, greenish 

 blue spotted with brown and lilac (1.00 x .70). 



Bang'e. Breeds in eastern British America and north- 

 ern New England ; winters south to New York and 

 Ohio. Several sub-species are found west of the Rockies. 



