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ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Young, similar to the female. The bill is thicker in this spe- 

 cies than* in the Tanager. This is a bird of the Southern 

 States, extending into Southern Illinois in the west. Its nest 

 and eggs are similar to those of the -Tanager, and its song 

 is loud and melodious. 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



That song coming from the edge of the woods, and 

 strongly resembling the finest performance of the Robin — 

 only the warble is much more copious, continuously pro- 



KOSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



longed, and finely modulated with a peculiar richness, 

 purity, and sweet pathos in the tones — is the music of the 

 Rose-breasted Grosheak {GamapAea/udovidafia). Jet black 

 v/ith snow-white markings, the tint of rose on his breast 

 and under his wings, he is the most strikingly beautiful of 

 all our summer visitants ; and in the charm of song, as a 

 poet and artist of the woodlands, he may rank even with 



