TXON. 



424 PINE GROSBEAK. Class II. 



feed on the seeds of the pine. LinncEus says, 

 they sing in the night. ' 



Descrip- They are nearly twice the size of the bul- 

 finch, being nine inches and an half in length. 

 The bill is strong, dusky, hooked at the end, 

 less thick than that of the common bulfinch ; 

 the head, back, neck, and breast are of a rich 

 crimson; the bottoms of the feathers ash-co- 

 lor ; the middle of those on the back and head 

 black ; the lower belly and vent ash-color ; the 

 lesser coverts of the wings dusky, edged with 

 orange, the next with a broad stripe of white ; 

 the lowest order of greater coverts with an- 

 other; the exterior edges of the same color; 

 the quil feathers and tail dusky; their exte- 

 rior edges of a dirty white; the legs black. 

 There seems an agreement in colors, as well 

 as food, between this species and the cross- 

 bill ; one that I saw in Scotland, and believe 

 to be the female, was (like the female cross- 

 bill) of a dirty green ; the tail and quil feathers 

 dusky. 



" They breed in Hudson s Bay, where Mr. 

 HutcJiins told me that they make their nest, 

 formed with sticks, and lined \^ ith feathers, in 

 the trees at a small height from the ground, in 

 May, deposit five white eggs, and that the 

 young are hatched the middle of June.'^ J. L. 



