THE BIRD BOOK 
Evening' Grosbeak 
513a. Great-tailed Grackle. 
Megaquiscalus major macrourus. 
Range. — Mexico to southern and eastern 
Texas. 
This variety is larger than the last (length 
18 inches) and the tail is very broad and flat. 
Grayish white 
Like the former, they nest in bushes, rushes or 
trees at any elevation from the ground. The 
nests are built of the same materials and the 
eggs are similar to those of the Boat-tailed 
Grackle, but larger; size 1.28 x .88. 
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1-1. Evening Grosbeak. Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina. 
Range. — Western United States in the Rocky Mountain region; north to Sas- 
katchewan; south in winter to Mississippi Valley and cas- 
ually east to New England and the intermediate states. 
These are dull and yellowish birds, shading to brownish 
on the head; with a bright yellow forehead and suspercil- 
iary line, black wings and tail, and white inner secondaries 
and greater coverts. They breed in the mountainous por- 
tions of their range, placing their flat nests of sticks and 
rootlets in low trees or 
bushes. The eggs are laid in May or June and 
are greenish white spotted and blotched with 
brown ; size .90 x .65. 
Pine Grosbeak 
5 11a. Western Evening Grosbeak. 
Hesperiphona vespertina montana. 
Range. — Western United States, breeding in 
the mountains from New Mexico to British 
Columbia. 
The nesting habits and eggs of this variety 
are the same as those of the preceding, and the 
birds can rarely be separated. 
515. Pine Grosbeak. Pinicola enucleator 
leucura. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding 
from northern New England northward, and 
wintering to southern New England and Ohio 
and casually farther. They build in conifers 
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