128 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



general form ; but there is a mellowness about 

 it, and running through it " a rich undertone," 

 as a competent judge describes it, which should 

 charm every listener. When the writer first 

 came to this coast, he mistook, for an instant, 

 the song of the local bird for that of the Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, owing to this mellow under- 

 tone. 



The male bird's color is notable for its rich- 

 ness, being made up of alternate large patches of 

 black and orange or red-buff. The form and 

 carriage of the male is both attractive and com- 

 manding. His body looks graceful and longer 

 than it really is, as he sits upon his perch, sing- 

 ing his love-song, like a master-bird as well as a 

 master-musician . 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male: Head, black, 

 sometimes a line of light orange-brown in center of crown 

 and back of eye ; collar, back of neck, cinnamon-color ; 

 back, black mixed with light cinnamon, sometimes all 

 black ; rump, cinnamon ; wings and tail, black, varied 

 with white ; breast, cinnamon ; abdomen, yellow, also in- 

 side of wings. 



Female : Olive-brown, instead of black ; under parts, 

 whitish, streaked on sides ; lining of wings, lemon-color. 



Summer resident. 



