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1881, p. 179.). According to Mr. L. O. Pindar a flock was seen at Hick- 

 man, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River, between Cairo and New 

 Madrid. Three specimens were taken (Widmann, Birds of Missouri, 

 1907, p. 166). 



Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister include this species (Birds of 

 Wisconsin, 1903, p. 90) as a " common winter visitant, usually found 

 in good numbers any time from December on." 



Genus PINICOLA Vieill. 



235. Pinicola enucleator leucura (Muller). 



Pine Grosbeak. 



Distr.. Northeastern North America, from about longitude 95° 



to the coast; breeding from northern Maine and New Hampshire, 



Quebec and Ontario northward to the limit of coniferous trees ; ranges 



south in winter to northern Illinois, northern Missouri, and Iowa. 



Adult male: Bill, stout; gen- 

 eral plumage, rosy red, the 

 feathers of back with dusky gray 

 centers; lores, dusky; wings, 

 dark brown, the secondaries and 

 coverts, more or less edged with 

 white; some of the primaries, 

 narrowly edged with white. 



Adult female : General plum- 

 age, ashy gray; the head, upper 

 back, and rump, dull saffron 

 yellow; breast with faint tinge of same; more or less black in front 

 of eye; wings, as in the male. 



Immature birds resemble the female. 

 Length, about 8; wing, 4.55; tail, 4; bill, .50. 

 The Pine Grosbeak is an irregular winter visitant to northern 

 Illinois, but is common in winter in Wisconsin, especially in the 

 northern part of the state. Mr. Frank M. Woodruff records a speci- 

 men taken by him at River Forest, January, 1887. Mr. John F. 

 Ferry procured several specimens from a flock at Lake Forest in the 

 winter of 1895. The Field Museum collection contains two specimens, 

 a male and a female, taken by Mr. W. Kennicott and Mr. John Dear- 

 love at " The Grove,',' Cook County, 111., on Nov. 23, 1903, and a male 

 taken by Mr. John F. Ferry at Beach, Lake Co., 111., Nov. 17, 1906. 



Kumlien and Hollister state that it is a common winter bird in 

 northern Wisconsin. 



Pine Grosbeak. 



