BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



pine (Brosbeafc. 



THE Pine Grosbeak (Loxia enucteator, Linnaeus) is an ex- 

 tremely rare winter migrant to the British Isles. It is a 

 resident in the Palearctic and Nearctic Regions. The adult 

 male has the general colouration of the plumage dull 

 slate-grey; wings, dark brown, with rosy margins to the 

 feathers, getting broader on inner secondaries; lores, black; 

 remainder of head, crimson ; rump and upper tail-coverts, 

 mostly red ; rectrices, black tinged with grey, and margined 

 with paler; under parts, crimson, shading into ashy-white 

 on lower belly and under tail-coverts ; irides, bill, legs, and 

 feet, dark brown. Length, about eight inches. The female 

 shows no crimson colour. 



