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PINE GROSBEAK. 
PYRRHULA ENUCLEATOR. TEMM. 
PLATE CCCLVIII. Mate anp FemMate. 
In Wi tson’s time, this beautiful bird was rare in Pennsylvania ; 
but since ther it has occasionally been seen in considerable numbers, 
and in the winter of 1836 my young friend J. TrupEeav, M.D. pro- 
eured several in the vicinity of Philadelphia. That season also they 
were abundant in the States of New York and Massachusetts. Some 
have been procured near the mouth of the Big Guyandotte on the Ohio ; 
and Mr Nurratu has observed it on the lower parts of the Missouri. 
I have ascertained it to be a constant resident in the State of Maine, 
and have met with it on several islands in the Bay of Fundy, as well 
as in Newfoundland and Labrador. Dr RicHarpson mentions it as 
having been observed by the Expedition in the 50th parallel, and as a 
constant resident at Hudson’s Bay. It is indeed the hardiest bird of 
its tribe yet discovered in North America, where even the Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak, though found during summer in Newfoundland and Labra- 
dor, removes in autumn to countries farther south than the Texas, 
where as late as the middle of May I saw many in their richest plu- 
mage. 
The Pine Grosbeak is a charming songster. Well do I remember 
how delighted I felt, while lying on the moss-clad rocks of Newfound- 
land, near St George’s Bay, I listened to its continuous lay, so late as 
the middle of Aucust, particularly about sunset. I was reminded of 
the pleasure I had formerly enjoyed on the banks of the clear Mohawk, 
under nearly similar circumstances, when lending an attentive ear to 
the mellow notes of another Grosbeak. But, Reader. at Newfound- 
. land I was still farther removed from my beloved family; the scenery 
around was thrice wilder and more magnificent. The stupendous dark 
granite rocks, fronting the north, as if bidding defiance to the wintry _ 
tempests, brought a chillness to my heart, as I thought of the hardships ~ 
endured by those intrepid travellers who, for the advancement of 
science, had braved the horrors of the polar winter. The glowing tints 
of the western sky, and the brightening stars twinkling over the waters 
