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ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 



below their coverts; chin, neck and upper part of the breast black; 

 lower part of the breast, middle of the belly, and lining of the 

 wings, a fine light carmine or rose-color; tail forked, black, the 

 three exterior feathers, on each side, white on their inner vanes for 

 an inch or more from the tips ; bill, like those of its tribe, very 

 thick and strong, and pure white; legs and feet light blue; eyes 

 hazel. The young male of the first spring has the plumage of the 

 back variegated with light brown, white and black; a line of white 

 extends over the eye; the rose color also reaches to the base of the 

 bill where it is speckled with black and white. The female is of 

 a light yellowish flaxen color, streaked with dark olive and whitish ; 

 the breast is streaked with olive, pale flaxen, and white ; the lining 

 of the wings is pale yellow ; the bill more dusky than in the male, 

 and the white on the wing less. 



