533. Spinus pinus 

 PINE SISKIN. 5 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above olive-brown, fstreaked like a 

 sparrow ; bill sharply pointed ; yellow tints on wings and tail ; wing 

 bars yellow. Below lighter, streaked with brown. 

 Distinguished from sparrows by yellowish tints and habit of eating 

 seeds of cones. Flight undulating. Like the Crossbill, Pine Gros- 

 beak and Redpoll is an irregular winter visitor in Massachusetts. 



Note. Resembles that of the Goldfinch and Redpoll. 

 Nest. In trees, of bark and weeds. 

 Breeds. Northern New England. 



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