FINCHES. SPARROWS 



(515) Pinicola enucleator leu= 

 cura 



(MUllcr) (Lat., a pine inhabitant; to 

 shell out; Gr., white tail, referring to the 

 lighter edges of the tail feathers). 



PINE GROSBEAK. Ad. & — 

 As shown by the bird on the right. 

 Gray and rosy-red, the latter color 

 the brightest on the head, rump and 

 breast; feathers of back centred with 

 dusky; wing feathers edged with 

 white. Ad. 9 — Shown by the bird 

 on the left. Crown and rump 

 tinged with yellow or brownish- 

 yellow. Young d"s are similar but 

 the crown and rump are tinged with 

 orange. L.,8.50; W.,4.50; T.,4.00; 

 B., .55; Tar., .90. Nesl — Of twigs, 

 rootlets, and strips of bark. 



Range — Breeds in boreal forests 

 in Canada. Wint£rs south to N. J. 

 and la. 



EVENING GROSBEAKS, in eastern states, are re- 

 garded only as ^'ery erratic winter visitors. They may be 

 common one season and then four or five years intervene 

 before another individual is seen in the same locality. West 

 of the Mississippi they occur regularly every winter in flocks 

 of half a dozen to half a hundred. In the higher mountain 

 ranges they breed as far south as Arizona. While with us, 

 all these Grosbeaks utter twittering or hissing notes some- 

 thing like those of Cedar birds, and the males often give 

 single, rather shrill whistles. They are very tame and are 

 fully as apt to be discovered in the middle of large cities 

 as in the country. They feed upon seed.s, buds, and berries 

 of many kinds of trees, shrubs, and vines. 



During their rare visits with us they are not apt to be 

 confused with any other species, for no others of our winter 

 birds have large yellow bills, nor plumages w'ilh bright yel- 

 low, black, and white markings. 



PINE GROSBEAKS are regular winter visitants in our 

 Northern States, but are A'ery irregular in their appearance 



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