66 BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEXES. The male is 

 wholly of a purple blue, skirted with black. 

 The female of a dark drab color, tinged with 

 blue. 



LOCATION. Found throughout the Southern 

 States. Not numerous. Migrates south in win- 

 ter. 



PINE GROSSBEAK. 



This is one of the bright and beautiful birds 

 who visit us, not from the sunny lands of the 

 South, but from the frozen regions of the North. 

 And the modest and unassuming visitant js con- 

 tent with humble fare, as we would suppose, but 

 which to him no doubt, is a feast. Take a walk 

 some bright sunny, winter day, when the ground 

 is covered with snow, glittering like diamonds 

 under your feet, to some of the rocky and barren 

 spots in the vicinity of Boston, where there are 

 stunted pines growing, with great bunches of 

 cones on the top of them, and there you will see 

 the unsuspicious stranger at work. You may 

 walk right up to the tree, for he is not at all 

 afraid of you. He may, perchance, turn his 



