354 NESTS AND ECfGS OF 



In general the Western Evening Grosbeak appears to be very different from that 

 Inhabiting the region of the Great Lakes and the north-central portloni of North 

 America. This has been shown from the study pf quite extensive material by Dr. 

 Edgar A. Mearns, IT. S. A.* The reference made to the nests and eggs In the last 

 species refers to this variety. 



515. PINE GROSBEAK. Pinicola enueleator (Linn.) Geog. Dlst. — Northern 

 parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Breeds from Northern New England, Labrador, 

 etc., to Alaska (except the coast south of the peninsula), and south in the higher 

 Rocky Mountain regions to Colorado and Utah;, in winter south to Northern United 

 States. 



This large, handsome. Grosbeak is resident in Northern New England, elsewhere 

 in the Northern and Eastern States it is a winter migrant. Mr. Boardman found a 

 nest with two eggs in it at Calais, Maine, supposed to belong to this species. Dr. 

 Coues found it breeding la Colorado, living up near timber line, and observed young 

 birds fully fledged in June. Mr. Mcllwraith thinks that it is hightly probable that 

 this species may yet be found breeding in Ontario. The bird, according to Dr. 

 Coues, inhabits chiefly coniferous woods in flocks when not -breeding, feeding upon 

 the fruit of such trees. "A fine musician, of amiable disposition and gentle manners, 

 often caged. Nest composed of a basement of twigs and rootlets, within which is a 

 more compact fabric of finer materials; eggs usually four, pale greenish-blue, spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown surface markings and lilac shell-spots; l'.05x.74." 



[516.] CASSIN'S BTTLLPINCH. Pyrrhula cassini (Baird.) Geog. Dist— 

 Eastern Siberia. Accidental at Nulato, Alaska. 



618. Cassin's Bullfinch ; Adult, temale (From Turner). 



This bird belongs to the North American fauna solely upon the capture of a 

 specimen at Nulato, on the Middle Yukon, June 10, 1867, by Mr. W. H. Dall. So far 

 as I am aware its nesting and eggs remain to be described. 



* (y. Auk, VII, pp. 246-249. 



