BRITISH BIRDS® 
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THE PINE GROSBEAK® 
GREATEST BULLFINCH. 
( Loxia Eniicleator y Lin.— Z* Dur-becy Buff.) 
This exceeds the laft in flze, being nine inches 
in length : The bill is dulky, very flout at the 
bafe, and fomewhat hooked at the tip ; the head, 
neck, break, and rump are of a rofe- coloured crim- 
lon ; the back and leffer wing coverts black, each 
feather edged with reddilh brown ; the greater wing 
coverts tipped with white, forming two bars on the 
wing ; the quills are black, with pale edges ; the 
fecondaries the fame, but edged with white ; the 
belly and vent are ftraw-coloured ; the tail is mar- 
ked as the quills, and is fomewhat forked ; the legs 
are brown. 
This bird is found only in the northern parts of 
this ifland and of Europe ; it frequents the pine fo- 
refls, and feeds on the feeds of that tree, like the 
Crofs-bill : It is likewife common in various parts 
of North America, vifiting the fouthern fettlements 
in the winter, and retiring northwards in the fum- 
mer for the purpofe of breeding. The female 
makes its neft on trees, at a fmall diftance from 
the ground, and lays four white eggs, which are 
hatched in June® 
