Rrass il. PINE, GROSBEV‘’{A K. 
a funnel fhape; ftrong, thick, and of a dull pale 
pink color; at the bafe are fome orange colored. 
feathers : the irides are grey : the crown of the head 
and cheeks of a fine deep bay: the chin black: 
from the bill to the eyes is a black line: the breaft 
and whole under fide is of a dirty flefh color: the 
neck afh-colored: the back and coverts of the 
wings of a deep brown, thofe of the tail of a yel- 
lowith bay: the greater quil-feathers are black, 
marked with white on their inner webs. The tail 
is fhort, fpotted with white on the inner fides. 
The legs flefh color. 
The great particularity of this bird, and what 
diftinguifhes it from all others, is the form of the 
ends of the middle quil-feathers; which Mr. Ed- 
wards juftly compares to the figure of fome of 
the antient datile-axes: thefe feathers are elofled 
over with a rich blue; but are lefs confpicuous in 
the female: the head in that fex is of dull olive, | 
tinged with brown; it alfo wants the black {pot 
uinder the chin. 
Loxia enucleator. Liz, fy. Greateft Bulfinch. Edw. 123, 
Z 
299. 124. 
Tallbit, Natt-waka. Faux. Coccothrauftes Canadenfis. 
Suec. No. 223. Briffn, Wl. 250. 
HESE are common to Hudfon’s Bay, Sweden 
; and Scotland. | have feen them flying above 
the great pine forefts of Invercauld, Aberdeenfbire. 
¥3 I ima- 
iat > 
114, Ping. 
