410 SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



characteristic quiver of wings. In perching 

 sits upright. 

 465. CANADIAN PINE GROSBEAK. 



Larger, 8; wings, long; tail, forked; 

 rosy-red; back, obscurely spotted with dusky; 

 two white wing-bands, fig. 324. Female, 

 gray; top of head and rump, bronzy-yellow. 

 Young male similar to female, but more or 

 less red, depending on age. Breeds in north- 

 eastern N. A. from New Brunswick north 

 to limit of conferous forests, wandering 

 south when cone seed and ash seed crops 

 fail to N. J., northern Ohio, Ind. and 111.; 

 casually further south. Occurs with us 

 wherever it can find food, which consists of 

 cone seeds, cedar berries, mountain and 

 common ash seeds. Very unsuspicious. 

 Song, alow, continuous warble, and a loud, 

 clear double call note. Flight, swift and 

 undulating. Gregarious in winter. 



466. REDPOLL. 



Small, 5; wings, long and pointed; tail, 

 long and forKed, brown above; crown crim- 



