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 New 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 they 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. 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). 



Range. Breed 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. 



