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passed through one partial and one complete moult and are in full plumage. 

 They are extremely tame, and while not manifesting the inquisitive and in- 

 vestigating characteristics of Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles, they betray 

 certain kinds of attachment to different persons that is not so apparent in the 

 two other kinds of birds. They are not caged, but are at liberty in a large 

 room where they associate in the most friendly way with Thrushes, Robins, 

 Cardinals, Chats, Song Sparrows, and Orioles. 



ANOTHER BIRD OF THE SAME BROOD, SHOWING THE BACK. 



PHOTOGRAPHED ON JUNE 12, 1897. 



The Black-headed Grosbeak is a bird, in form much like our Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak. It has a black head. The throat and a stripe behind 

 the eye and on the crown are light buffy brown in color. 

 The wing's and tail are similar to those of the Rose- 



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breasted Grosbeak. The color below the wings, and con- 

 cealed by them when closed, is gamboge yellow or lemon. 

 This is a bird found from Middle Kansas to the Pacific Coast. They 



Black-headed 

 Grosbeak. 



Zamelodia melanocephala 

 (Swains.)- 



