HISTORY OF THE 



built in a small live oak tree, about ten feet from the ground, 

 and composed of small twigs supporting a thin layer of fibrous 

 bark, and a lining of horse hair. The eggs, four in number, 

 were too far advanced in incubation to be preserved. In gen- 

 eral shape, color and markings similar to the eggs of the Black- 

 headed Grosbeak, but he thinks a little larger in size. And Dr. 

 Merrill observed the birds in Washington Territory, carrying 

 material for a uest into a huge fir tree, but was unable to locate 

 the nest, as the tree was practicably inaccessible. 



GENUS PINICOLA VIEILI.OT. 



"Bill short, nearly as high as long; upper outline much curved from the 

 base; the margins of the mandibles rounded; the commissure gently concave, 

 and abruptly deflexed at the tip; base of the upper mandible much concealed 

 by the bristly feathers covering the basal third. Tarsus rather shorter than the 

 middle toe; lateral toes short, but their long claws reach the base of the middle 

 one, which is longer than the hind claw. Wings moderate; the first quill rather 

 shorter than the second, third and fourth. Tail rather shorter than the wings; 

 nearly even." 



Pinicola enucleator (LINN.). 



PINE GROSBEAK. 

 PLATE XXVL 



A rare winter visitant. 



B. 304. R, 166. C. 190. G. 84, 202. U. 515. 



HABITAT. Northern portion of the northern hemisphere; south 

 in North America to the northern United States, and in the 

 Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada regions to California and 

 Colorado; casually to Kansas, Kentucky, etc. 



Professor Ridgway, in his "Manual of North American 

 Birds, ' ' enters this bird as variety canademis, and confines the 

 species to northern Europe and Asia. I have never had an 

 opportunity to compare specimens, but, from my knowledge of 

 the man, feel confident that the conclusions reached were based 

 on a large series of specimens, and that his action will be sus- 

 tained by the council of the A. O. U. In the meantime, how- 

 ever, it must stand as entered. 



SP. CHAK. "Male: General color light carmine red or rose, not continuous 

 above, however, except on the head; the feathers showing brownish centers on 

 the back, where, too, the red is darker. Loral region, base of lower jaw all 

 round, sides (under the wings), abdomen and posterior part of the body, with 



