PERCHING BIRDS 
595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Znmelodia 
ludoviciana. 
Range. — United States, 
east of tlie Plains, breed- 
ing from the Middle States 
and Ohio north to Mani- 
toba and Nova Scotia. 
This beautiful black and 
white bird with rosy red 
breast and under wing cov- 
erts, is one of the most 
pleasing of our songsters. They nest either in 
bushes or trees, generally between six and 
twenty feet from the ground and usually in 
thick clumps of trees or scrubby apple trees. 
The three or four eggs, which are laid in June, 
are greenish blue, spotted, most heavily about 
the larger end, with reddish brown. Size 1.00 
x .75. Data. — Worcester, Mass., June 5, 1899. 
Nest of twigs and rootlets in small apple tree 
in woods; nest very frail, eggs showing through 
the bottom. 
Greenish blue 
59C).. .Black-headed Grosbeak. 
Zamelodia melanocephala. 
Range. — United 
States, west of 
the Plains, breed- 
ing from Mexico 
north to British 
Columbia; win- 
ters south of the 
Pale greenish white United Sta tes. 
This species is of the size of the last 
(8 inches long), and is a bright cinna- 
mon brown color with black head, and 
black and white wings and tail. The 
habits of this bird are the same as 
those of the Rosebreasted Grosbeak 
and its song is very similar but more 
lengthy. Their nests, like those of the 
last, are very flimsy structures placed 
in bushes or trees, usually below twen- 
ty feet from the ground; they are open 
frameworks of twigs, rootlets and 
weed stalks, through which the eggs 
can be plainly seen. The eggs are 
similar to those of the preceding but 
are usually of a paler color, the mark- 
ings, therefore showing with greater u ^ 
distinctness. Size 1.00 x .70. NEST OF ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
