PINE GROSBEAK. 
283 
^in early iu April, feeding on the cherry hlossoms as 
*oon as they appear. . 
This bird measures six inches and a quarter in lengtlt, 
'tt'd ten inches in extent; the bill was horn coloured; 
tpper parts of the plumage, browu olive, strougljr 
*>nged with yellow, particularly on the rump, where it 
''’as bron iiish yellow ; from above the eye, backwards, 
Passed a streak of n hite, aud another more irregular 
'*ao from the lower mandible ; feathers of the crown, 
Harrow rather long, and generally erected, but not so 
Hs to form a crest ; nostrils and base of the bill, covered 
Hith rellected brownish hairs ; eye, dark hazel ; wings 
HHd tail dark blackish brown, edged with olive ; first 
Had second row of coverts, tipt with pale yellow ; chin, 
H-liite • breast, pale cream, marked with pointed spots 
Hf dew olive brown; belly and vent, white; le^, 
’>fown This bird, with several others marked nearly 
!H the same manner, was shot, April ‘25, while engaged 
*H eating the buds from the beech tree. 
genus XXXIV.-PrRM/t/i^t, Bliissos. 
PrBnUULA ENVCLEATOll, TOI. — hOXIA ENUVLEATOR, WILS, 
PINE GKOSUEAK. 
''*LS0N, plate V. Fits. >!• YOUNG M AI.E. — ElllNBUlUill COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
This is perhaiis one of the gayest land birds that 
’'•'equent the inhospitable regions of the north, from 
"hence they are driven, as if n ith reluctance, by the 
'■'gours of winter, to visit Canada and some of the 
Hortheru and middle States; returning to Hudson’s 
®Hy so early as April. The specimen from which our 
^^scription was taken was shot on a cedar tree, a few 
H>'les to the north of Philadelphia, in the 
December. A few days afterwards, another bird ot the 
''Hine species was killed not far from Gray’s Ferry, tour 
Hi'les south from Philadelphia, which proved to be a 
*H‘nale. Iu this part of the State of Pentisy vania, 
‘•ley are rare birds, and seldom seen. As they do not. 
