Allen informs me, however, that a small colony has been for some years resident in 

 Central Park, New York City, remaining in Winter and nesting there in Summer. 

 Dr. Coues describes the Cardinal's notes as "rich, rolling, whistling." 



PLATE XXXVII. -ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Habia ludo-vidana. 



Head, neck, throat and back black ; belly and rump white ; breast 

 and lining of wings rose-red ; wings and tail black, the former with two 

 white bands, the latter notched, and patched with white ; bill large, 

 conical, light ; feet dark. Length, 8.10 inches. 



Migratory. Arrives early in May, leaves late in September. Nests in bushes and low 

 trees. Song, "a sweet warble with various emphatic passages, and sometimes a plain- 

 tive strain, exceedingly tender and affecting." 



A beautiful but rather rare bird ; and the day upon which its acquaintance is made 

 may be justly regarded as a most fortunate one. 



