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ORD. III. GEN. V. GROSBEAK. 



S P E. III. PINE GROSBEAK. 



PI. 68. 



Loxia enucleator. Lin. Syft. I. p. 299. 

 Gros bee de Canada. Brif. Orn. III. p. 250. 



The beak of this fpecies is fhort, ftrong, and very thick at the bafe : the upper 

 mandible is fomewhat curved at the end, and of a dark horn colour : the head, 

 neck, bread, and back, are of a beautiful crimfon : from the back of the head 

 to the rump the feathers have black angular markings, increafing in fize on the 

 back : the lefs and greater wing coverts black tipped with white, forming two 

 • bars of white on the wing : quills black : the fecondaries have the outer border 

 white : primaries grey : belly and vent afh-colour : the tail is long, forked, and 

 black, edged with grey : legs very fhort and black. 



The female is of a yellow orange colour on the head, back, and rump : the 

 reft of the plumage is of a dingy green. Thefe birds, like the crofs-bill, vary 

 exceedingly in colour from the neft to the fecond year ; but the females are always 

 to be diftinguifhed by the dullnefs of their colour, for they do not until the 

 fecond year attain the yellow on the head and back. 



Thefe are common birds in the colder parts of Europe and America, and in- 

 habit the pine forefts of Scotland. They feed chiefly on the feeds of pine, and 

 the buds of trees in the fpring of the year ; and in manners and habits of life 

 greatly refemble the common bulfinch. Indeed Edwards, with good reafon 3 

 calls it the greater bujfinch. 



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