152 



Bird Studies. 



Maine, Southern Canada, and Manitoba. They breed from Kansas and the 

 higher parts of North CaroHna and Virginia north. They winter in Central 

 and South America. To conclude, they are noted songsters, are ofgreat use in 

 destroying harmful insects, and while more abundant generally in such locali- 

 ties as I have indicated, are frequently met with in cultivated grounds, and 

 of late years are found comnionly In some of our thickly built suburban 



YOUNG FEMALE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER LEAVING THE NEST. SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, 12TH JUNE, 1897. 



towns, where, undisturbed by the vicinity of man, they seem as much at 

 home as in the wilder woodlands. Such conditions I have observed in the 

 town of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where this is an almost abundant garden 

 bird, and in South Orange, New Jersey, and vicinity much the same is the 

 case. I have been able to obtain a series of photographs of two young 

 female birds from the time of leaving the nest, and they are reproduced with 

 notes on this and the following pages. 



In this connection it will be of interest to both students and general 

 readers to know that these two birds are at this time, January i, 1898, still 

 in the author's possession, both alive and strong healthy birds. They have 



