NORTHERN COLIN. 
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bright red, and varied with delicate undulated 
lines: the lesser coverts are red, with black stripes : 
the quills and the secondaries are brown, the latter 
undulated with rufous towards their edges : the 
two middle tail-feathers resemble the rump ; the 
rest are grey-blue : the breast is reddish-white, 
transversely striped with black : the belly is pure 
white, with semicircular lines of black : the red 
feathers of the sides are varied with oval wdiite 
spots, edged with black : the under tail-coverts 
are red, with a black stripe down the shaft of each 
feather : the beak is black, with a red tinge at its 
base : the feet and claws are red-brown. 
The female has more rufous at the base of the 
beak : the throat and the eyebrows are bright red; 
the latter is not bordered with black above as in 
the male ; and that of the throat is surrounded by 
spots of black, brown, and white : the nape and 
the top of the head are spotted with bright red : 
the feathers on the back are more deeply bordered 
with grey; and the rest of the upper parts are more 
dull, with dirty red fringes to the feathers : those 
of the breast are red, with two small white spots 
towards the tip of each : the feathers of the sides are 
edged with white, and the two middle ones of the 
tail are grey-browm, waved with black at their base. 
The young of the first year greatly resemble the 
female, but the transverse waved bands on the fea- 
thers of the back and tail are more numerous. 
This species inhabits the frigid and temperate 
parts of North America ; changing its habitation 
spring and autumn, retiring to the southern parts 
