ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
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with white; a spot of the same extends over the primaries, im- 
mediately below their coverts; chin, neck and upper part of the 
breast black; lower part of the breast, middle of the belly, and 
lining of the wings, a fine light carmine or rose-colour; tail 
forked, black, the three exterior feathers, on each side, white 
on their inner vanes for an inch or more from the tips; bill, 
like those of its tribe, very thick and strong, and pure white; 
legs and feet light blue; eyes hazel. The young male of the first 
spring has the plumage of the back variegated with light brown, 
white and black; a line of white extends over the eye; the rose 
colour also reaches to the base of the bill where it is speckled 
with black and white. The female is of a light yellowish flaxen 
colour, streaked with dark olive and whitish; the breast is streak- 
ed with olive, pale flaxen, and white; the lining of the wings is 
pale yellow; the bill more dusky than in the male, and the white 
on the wing less. 
