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PINE GROSBEAK. 
Corythus Enucleator, Linn . 
PLATE CXCIX. — Male, Female, and Young. 
In Wilson’s time, this beautiful bird was rare in Pennsylvania ; but since 
then it has occasionally been seen in considerable numbers, and in the winter 
of 1836, my young friend J. Trudeau, M.D., procured several in the 
vicinity of Philadelphia. That season also they were abundant in the 
States of New York and Massachusetts. Some have been procured near 
the mouth of the Big Guyandotte on the Ohio ; and Mr. Nuttall has 
observed it on the lower parts of the Missouri. I have ascertained it to be 
a constant resident in the State of Maine, and have met with it on several 
islands in the Bay of Fundy, as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador. Dr. 
Richardson mentions it as having been observed by the Expedition in the 
50th parallel, and as a constant resident at Hudson’s Bay. It is indeed the 
hardiest bird of its tribe yet discovered in North America, where even the 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, though found during summer in Newfoundland and 
Labrador, removes in autumn to countries farther south than the Texas, 
where as late as the middle of May I saw many in their richest plumage. 
The Pine Grosbeak is a charming songster. Well do I remember how 
delighted I felt, while lying on the moss-clad rocks of Newfoundland, near 
St. George’s Bay, I listened to its continuous lay, so late as the middle of 
August, particularly about sunset. I was reminded of the pleasure I had 
formerly enjoyed on the banks of the clear Mohawk, under nearly similar 
circumstances, when lending an attentive ear to the mellow notes of another 
Grosbeak. But, reader, at Newfoundland I was still farther removed from 
my beloved family ; the scenery around was thrice wilder and more magnifi- 
cent. The stupendous dark granite rocks, fronting the north, as if bidding 
defiance to the wintry tempests, brought a chillness to my heart, as I thought 
of the hardships endured by those intrepid travellers who, for the advance- 
ment of science, had braved the horrors of the polar winter. The glowing 
lints of the western sky, and the brightening stars twinkling over the 
waters of the great Gulf, riveted me to the spot, and the longer I gazed, 
the more I wished to remain ; but darkness was suddenly produced by the 
advance of a mass of damp fog, the bird ceased its song, and all around 
seemed transformed into chaos. Silently I groped my way to the beach, 
and soon reached the Ripley. 
