TION. 



PINE GROSBEAK. Class II. 



feed on the seeds of the pine. Linnaus says, 

 they sing in the night. 

 Descrip- They are nearly twice the size of the bul« 

 finch, being nine inches and an half in length. 

 The bill is strong, dusky, hooked at the end, 

 less thick than that of the common bulfinch ; 

 the head, back, neck, and breast are of a rich 

 crimson ; the bottoms of the feathers ash-co- 

 lor ; the middle of those on the back and head 

 black ; the lower belly and vent ash-color ; the 

 lesser coverts of the wings dusky, edged with 

 orange, the next with a broad stripe of white ; 

 the lowest order of greater coverts with an- 

 other; the exterior edges of the same color; 

 the quil feathers and tail dusky; their exte- 

 rior edges of a dirty white; the legs black. 

 There seems an agreement in colors, as well 

 as food, between this species and the cross- 

 bill; one that I saw in Scotland, and believe 

 to be the female, was (like the female cross- 

 bill) of a dirty green ; the tail and quil feathers 

 dusky. 



" They breed in Hudson s Bay, where Mr. 

 Hutching told me that they make their nest, 

 formed with sticks, and lined with feathers, in 

 the trees at a small height from the ground, in 

 3Iay, deposit five white eggs, and that the 

 young are hatched the middle of June." J. L. 



