45(i N'OUTII AMHKICAN lUHDHl. 



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caily in the inoriiiiij;- to rocLMve liis iillowimce of soecl. As s])riiijr approacliod, 

 lie li('<iaii to wliisilu in tlio morning, ami his notes were exceediii.ulv rich and 

 I'nll. As the time eame when his mates were movin.ij' north, iiis familiarity 

 iitiivly disaji|ieared, and he soiiglit constantly, liy day and hy nii,dit, to escape 

 l>y dashinif against the window-panes, and dnring the day filled the house 

 with his i)iteous wailing cries, refusing his food, so that in pity he was let 

 out. Hut no sooner was he thus reli^ased than he seemed inditferent to the 

 privilege, and kept about the door so jH'rsistently that he had at last to be 

 driven away, lest some accident should befall lu!u. 



The I'iiK" (iroslieaks were found by nisehofl' at Sitka and at Kodiak, and 

 are said by :Mr. Dall to be extremely common near Xulato, and wherever 

 there are trees throMglnait the Yukon Territory. They treijuent groves of 

 vvillow and jjoplar, near open jilaces, and c-ipecially tiie water-side in winter, 

 and in summer seek more retired places for bree<ling. Their crops, when 

 oi)ened, were alway? found to i-oMtain the hearts of the buds of po])lars, with 

 the external coverings carefully rejected, and were never found to include 

 anything else. Mr. J )all noticed no song, only a twitter and a long chirp. He 

 found tliem excellent as an article of food. Euro])ean eggs of this bird, taken 

 by Mr. Wolley in Kinland in IS.kS, are of an oblong-oval shape, and have a 

 light slate-colored ground with a marked tinge of greenish, broadly marked 

 and plashed with faint, subdued cloudy ])atches of brownish-purple, and spar- 

 ingly spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with blackish-brown and dark purj)le. 

 They nu'asure 1.02 inche.--. in length by .70 in breadth. 



Xo positively identified eggs of the American I'ine Orosbeak are as 

 yet known in collections, but ^Ir. lioardman has found a nest, near Calais, 

 about which there can be little doulit, although the parent was not seen. 

 This was ]ilaced in an alder-bush in a wet meadow, and was about four 

 feet from the ground. It was compo.sed entirely of coarse green mosses. 

 The eggs were two, and were not distinguisimble from those of the 

 European oiudintor. 



(Jkxus PYRRHULA, I'.Mj.As. 



I'urrhuhi, " Ufus.son, Orn. 1760." P.\ij,as. 



Grx. Cii.vK. fiill very slioit iiinl thick, liiirher than loiifr, .«wolIoii. Lower jaw broader 

 lit hiisc than upixTJaw, ,iii(i 1' nadrr than lriiijl]i or,iroiiy,«. Nostril.^; .ami hasc'of inaiidililo 

 foiK.valcd hy a thick lid> .alhcr xo[\ rcatlier,>^. Tail ii.'ai-ly oven, .xlinrlei- than tlie 

 l^oinied winir,-* ; iippor eovui., roacliing over nearly two tliii'ds liie tail. Mi.ldle and hind 

 claws alioiit c(|iial. 



This genus is clo.sely related fo /'iulm/ii, but has a more swollen ami much 

 shoi'ter bill, the lower jaw dispro])ortionately larger, and wider than long along 

 gonys, instead of being about e.|ual. The nasal tuft is thicker and more 

 feathery and hiSs bristly than in J'i/ncola. The upper tail-coverts are much 



