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N(»ltTII AMKKICAN IlIIiDS. 



Si'. CiiAli. liill xrllowisli-u'ri'cii. cliisl<y iit till' liM-^i'. Aiiti'iiiir liiiir of the liddy iliisky 

 yi'll(i\vi.<li-()livi'. .>i|iiiiliiijr iiiio yi'lldw Id ilic i'iiiii|i uluivc, hikI ihc uinli'i' lail-cnviTls liclow. 

 Outer n'iipiiliifs, a bmiul rnnitiil IimimI ciiiiiiinird mi ciicli .■-iili' ovrr lln' eye. iixilliirics, iiml 

 tlliilillr ol' Ullilcr willfr-ciivcits yellow. I''e:illiels iiliilli,' tlie exil'eliie li,is<' (if (lie liill, the 

 cniwii, tiliiie, wiiiL's, upper lail-i'oveils, aiiil tail lilaek ; imiei' ;jicaler \\ inf;-<'iivei'ts ami 

 teitiaries wliite. I,eii.u;lli, T.^H" ; wiliL'. 4.:H» ; tail. li.T"). 



The leinale dilleis in haviliir the iicail iil' a (lull olivaeeipiis-lil'ciwii, whieii eolor also 

 friiisses file '"iei<. Tiie yelldW (if the niliip ami nthei' pai'ls is repiaceil hy a yeliowisii-asii. 

 Tlie ilppef laii-eovells are spiitte(| willi while. Tlie white ot'liie wilif^' is lllileli l-esl|-ii'te(l. 

 TheiH! is .111 nliseiire liiaeivish liiu! on eaeli .side of the eliiu. 



IIaii. ( \ iir. ri's/ii'rliiiti,) I'aeilic eoast to lioei<y Momitains; Xoilliei'ii Aiiieriea east to 

 Like Superior. (\'ai- iiioiiluiiii.) Southern Hoeky Mountains ol' I'liited States into 

 Mexieo; Orizalia! (."^ei.ATKii. iMiO, 'J.">1); \'eia t'liiz (alpine legions, lueedinj;) Si-.mkiiuast, 

 Pr. Host. Sue. I,i>jl) ; (iiiateinala, .Salvin'. 



Tlio vniifty \\ itii liroiid I'loiitiil liaiid mid iiicvoased amount of wliitc apjioais 

 to cliavactemo Northern .specimens, wliilc that with narrow frinitlet and thi; 



-=r- «,'r('atest amount of hhick is found in 



(Juatemala, Mo.xico, and the .soutliern 

 liocky ]\Ioiuitains, and may be called 

 iiitjiifatid. 



In .size it is also a little .smaller. Speci- 

 mens from Mirador (wliero Iweeding) and 

 those from Xew Mexico are nearly iden- 

 tical in size, proportions, and colors. 



H.visiT.s. This reinarkiible (iio.slteak 

 was first described by Mr. William Cooper, 

 from specimens obtained by Mr. Scliool- 

 craft in A]iril, 182:5, near tlie Sault Sainte 

 Marie, in Miciiio;an. Sir Joim Itichaid- 

 son soon after found it to lie a common 

 inhabitant of the ma]ile gi'oviis on th(i 

 jilains of the Saskatciiewan, M'here it is 

 called by the Indians tiie " Snoj-ir-Hird." He states that it fre((uents tlie 

 liorders of Ljike Superior also, and the ea.;ern declivity of tlie Ivocky Moun- 

 tains, in latitude ."iii°. 



Captain Jjlakistmi did not iiiid this (Jrosl)eak on tiie Saskatciiewan during 

 the .summer, but only noti<-ed it tliere durino; the winter. He saw none iifter 

 the 22(1 of A])ril, and not aoaiu until the niicUlle of Novenilier. Tiiey were 

 seen in company with the I'ine (irosbeak, feeding on the keys of tlie ash- 

 leaved majile. He tulds tluit it has a sharp clear note in winter, and is an 

 active bird. 



Dr. Cooper, in his Xotes on tlie Zoiilogy of Washington Territory, states 

 that tills siiecies is a comnioii resident in its forests, but adds that as it fre- 

 quents the summits of the tallest trees, its habits have been but little 

 observed. In January, 1804, during a .snow-.storni, a Hock descemled tn some 



Hesperiphotia vespertina. 



