GRoOs B E A XK. 
is alfo common in Italy, Germany, Sweden*, and the weft and. 
fouthern parts of Rufia, where the wild fruits grow; in the reft of 
the empire fcarce, except beyond Lake Baikal, where they arrive 
from the fouth in great plenty, to feed on the berries of a tree 
peculiar to that country fT. 
From the great ftrength of the bill, it cracks the ftones of 
the fruit, of the haws, cherries, &c. with the greateft eafe. Ido 
not recollect ever feeing it kept in a cage; but if fo, it muft be 
from its fingular appearance, as I cannot find it recorded by any 
author for its fong, 
Loxia enucleator, Liz. Sy/. i. p. 299- N° 3.—Faun. Suec, 223.—Brun. N° 
239.—Muller, N° 246. 
Gros-bec de Canada, Brif. orn. iii. p. 250. N° 45. pl. 12. f. 3.—P/. ent. 
135- I. 
Le-Dur-bec, Buf. oif- ili. p. 457. 
Greateft Bulfinch, Edw. pl. 123, 124. M. & F. 
Pine Grofbeak, Br. Zool. i. N° 114. pl. 49. f. 2.—Ar&. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 
HIS is a larger bird than the laft, being nine inches im 
length, and two ounces in weight. The bill is half an 
inch long, and dufky; it is ftout at the bafe, and the upper 
mandible hooked at the tip:. the noftrils are covered with recum- 
bent brown feathers : the head, neck, breaft,. and rump,.are of a 
rofe-coloured crimfon : the back and leffer wing coverts black, 
edged with reddifh.; the greater wing coverts the fame, tipped 
with white,, forming two bars on the wings: the quills are 
* Sometimes builds in the province of Scania. See It. Scan. 332. Amzns 
Acad. iv. p. 594. N° 122. 
+ Pyrus baccata. Lin, Mr. Pennant.. 
Black: ;, 
Loe 
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+ PINE GR. 
DeEscriFTiows. 
