ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 169 



summer, and about two in the autumn ; at all other periods it simply 

 uttered a faint chuck, and seemed to possess many of the ordinary habits 

 of the Blue Grosbeak.'" 



The food of this beautiful bird consists of seeds of the cereal plants, 

 of grasses, and those of different kinds of berries, along with insects. The 

 young are three years in obtaining their full dress, and undergo their 

 changes very slowly. I have placed several of these birds of both sexes, 

 and of different ages, on a branch of the ground hemlock, the berries of 

 which they attack for their seeds. 



LoxiA LUDoviciANA, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 306 Lath. Index Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 379. 



Frin&illa LUDOVICIANA, Ch. BonopaHe, Synops. of Eirds of the United States, 

 p. 113 Nuttall, Manual, part i. p. 52?. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loxia rosea, Wils. Amer. Ornith. voL ii. p. 135. 

 pi. 17- fig. 1- Male — Ch. Bonaparte, Amer. Ornith. vol. ii. pi. 14. fig. 2. Fe- 

 male. 



CoccoTHRASTES LUDOVICIANA, Swaius. aiid Richards. Fauna. Bor. Amer. vol. ii. 

 p. 271. 



Adult Male. Plate CXXVII. Fig. 1,1. 



Bill short, robust, bulging at the base, conical, acute ; upper man- 

 dible with its dorsal outline a little convex, the sides rounded, the edges 

 sharp ; lower mandible with its dorsal outline also a little convex, the 

 sides rounded, the edges inflected ; the gap-line is deflected at the base, 

 then straight to the end. Nostrils basal, roundish, open, partly concealed 

 by the feathers. Head rather large, neck short, general form robust. 

 Legs of moderate length, rather strong ; tarsus anteriorly covered with a 

 few scutella, the upper long, posteriorly sharp ; toes scutellate above, free, 

 the lateral ones nearly equal ; claws slender, arched, compressed, acute, 

 that of the hind toe not much larger. 



Plumage soft and blended, but firm and elastic. Wings of moderate 

 length, broad, the second, third, and fourth quills longest, the secondaries 

 rounded. Tail longish, slightly emarginate, of twelve rounded feathers. 



Bill white. Iris hazel. Feet greyish-blue. The head all round, in- 

 cluding the upper part of the neck, the hind neck, the back, wings, and 

 tail, glossy black ; the first row of coverts, the tips of the secondary co- 

 verts, the basal half of the primary quills, and the inner webs towards 

 the end of the three lateral tail-feathers, white, as is the rump, that part. 



