NORTHERN COLIN. 



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bright red, and varied with delicate undulated 

 lines: the lesser coverts are red, with black stripes: 

 the quills and the secondaries are brown, the latter 

 undulated with rufous towards their edges : the 

 two middle tail-feathers resemble the rump ; the 

 rest are grey-blue : the breast is reddish-white, 

 transversely striped with black : the belly is pure 

 white, with semicircular lines of black : the red 

 feathers of the sides are varied with oval white 

 spots, edged with black : the under tail-coverts 

 are red, with a black stripe down the shaft of each 

 feather : the beak is black, with a red tinge at its 

 base : the feet and claws are red-brown. 



The female has more rufous at the base of the 

 beak : the throat and the eyebrows are bright red; 

 the latter is not bordered with black above as in 

 the male ; and that of the throat is surrounded by 

 spots of black, brown, and white : the nape and 

 the top of the head are spotted with bright red : 

 the feathers on the back are more deeply bordered 

 with grey; and the rest of the upper parts are more 

 dull, with dirty red fringes to the feathers : those 

 of the breast are red, with two small white spots 

 towards the tip of each : the feathers of the sides are 

 edged with white, and the two middle ones of the 

 tail are grey-brown, waved with black at their base. 

 The young of the first year greatly resemble the 

 female, but the transverse waved bands on the fea- 

 thers of the back and tail are more numerous. 



This species inhabits the frigid and temperate 

 parts of North America ; changing its habitation 

 spring and autumn, retiring to the southern parts 



