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SOME CANADIAN nTIlDS. 



PINE GROSBEAK. 



Eveiy few winters, at intervals of four or five years, our news- 

 papers contrfiin inquiries regarding "strange-looking birds" that 

 visit the gardens and parks in small flocks and feed on the berries 

 of the mountain ash and seeds of various trees. Just why the 

 people have not learned to recognize the pine grosbeaks seems 

 strange, for they are large and handsome birds, somewhat stouter 

 than a robin and as showily costumed, and as they visit us in 

 winter only are peculiarly conspicuous. The adult male in full 

 plumage is an exceptionally attractive fellow. At a little distance 

 his entire plumage appears to be of a briglit red tint, but a closer 

 inspection reveals dusky streaks on hii back and a dull grayish tint 

 on his belly. The wings bear two whit } bars. Many of the males 

 do not wear so much of the brighter tint, which varies in indi- 

 viduals from rich carmine to deep rosy-red, and their plumes are 

 more or less washed with the gray and yellowish bronze which 

 predominate in the costume of the females and younger males. 

 The females wear no roseate hues, but are very handsomely 



