ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 151 



with white; a spot of the same extends over the primaries, im- 

 mediately below their coverts; chin, neck and upper part of the 

 breast black; lower part of the breast, middle of the belly, and 

 lining of the wings, a fine light carmine or rose-colour; tail 

 forked, black, the three exterior feathers, on each side, white 

 on their inner vanes for an inch or more from the tips; bill, 

 like those of its tribe, very thick and strong, and pure white ^ 

 legs and feet light blue; eyes hazel. The young male of the first 

 spring has the plumage of the back variegated with light brown, 

 white and black; a line of white extends over the eye; the rose 

 colour also reaches to the base of the bill where it is speckled 

 with black and white. The female is of a light yellowish flaxen 

 colour, streaked with dark olive and whitish; the breast is streak- 

 ed with olive, pale flaxen, and white; the lining of the wings is 

 pale yellow; the bill more dusky than in the male, and the white 

 on the wing less. 



