PLATE XXVII. PINE SISKIN. PINE FINCH. PINE LINNET. 



Spinus pinus. 



Above streaked with greenish-brown and dingy white ; beneath 

 dingy white streaked with light brown ; wings dusky, with two light 

 bands and many of the feathers edged with lighter; tail dusky, the 

 feathers with lighter edges, forked ; the whole body has a tinge of 

 yellow, most noticeable on the rump and on the tail-feathers ; bill and 

 feet brown. Length, 4.75 inches. 



Migratory. A Winter visitor, seen here in flocks from October to March. Flight 

 undulatory. Mr. Burroughs describes its song as " singularly secret and elusive * * * 

 delicate and plaintive ; a thin, wavering, tremulous whistle, which disappoints one, 

 however, as it ends when it seems only to have begun." He elsewhere calls this Finch : 

 "A dark brown or brindlish bird allied to the common Yellowbird, which it much 

 resembles in its manners and habits." It nests in trees, and, conformably to the sug- 

 gestion conveyed by its name, oftenest in those of the pine species. 



