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Grosbeck, Evening (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu GtE Adults, Male and Female, "Billing." Ithaca. (April 29, 

 1914) Allen 



Not a courtship performance but the beginning of a fight. 



Nu GtE7 Adult Female, Back and Side View, at Feeding Station. 

 Ithaca. (April 20, 1914) Bailey 



Notice the heavy beak for crushing seeds. 



Nu GtE8 Adult Male Charging House Sparrow. Ithaca. (May 2, 

 1914) Allen 



The sparrow is so frightened that it is falling ofif the end of 

 the log. 



Nu GtE9 Flock of Nine Adults, Male and Female, Feeding on 

 Ground. Ithaca. (April 17, 1914) Allen 



Grosbeak, Rose-breasted {Zamelodia ludoviciana) 



This grosbeak is much more common and more widely dis- 

 tributed than the evening. Its haunts are rich woodlands with 

 good undergrowth, also swamps and streams lined with shrubs. 

 It is a summer resident in New York State. 7.75-8.5 



Nu GtR Adult Male at Nest Feeding Young, Seen from Above. 

 Ithaca. (June 13, 1911) Allen 



The male shares with its mate various household duties. 



Nu GtR2 Nest with Four Eggs 



The nest is usually placed in an alder, maple, elder, beech or 

 hemlock sapling or on a limb of a low tree. Study the location 

 of the several nests shown in this group of pictures. Is the nest 

 well constructed? Compare with that of catbird. 



Nu GtR3 Adult Female Entering Nest, Four Eggs in Nest. Ren- 

 wick, near Ithaca. (June 5, 191S) Allen 



She inspects the nest to see that all is right before taking her 

 place upon the eggs. 



Nu GtR4 Female Incubating. (June 5, 1915) Allen 



The female is more protectively colored than the male. The 

 nest is often placed, as here, in an elderberry bush along the edge 

 of a woods. 



