PINE GROSBEAK. 



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forked : legs brown : female brown, tinged with 

 green ; in some y ellowish : young bird plain dull 

 blue. 



This bird is only found in the northern parts of 

 this kingdom, inhabiting the pine forests of Scot- 

 land, feeding on the seeds of those trees like the 

 common Crossbill. It is supposed to breed there, 

 as Mr. Pennant observed them flying about in the 

 beginning of August, near Invercauld, in Aber- 

 deenshire. Is also found in the pine forests of 

 Siberia, Lapland, and the northern parts of Russia; 

 in the autumn is very common about St. Peters- 

 burgh, where it is taken for the use of the table. 

 In Hudson's Bay this bird is observed to feed on 

 the buds of the willow, and to frequent the groves 

 of firs and junipers, making its nest about May 

 with sticks, lined with feathers, at a little distance 

 from the ground, laying four white eggs ; the 

 young are hatched the beginning of June : it is 

 called Wuscunithow at the latter place. 



