PINE GROSBEAK. 
210 * 
INS ESS ORES. 
CONMOSTRES. 
FR1NGILL1DAL 
PINE GROSBEAK. 
Pyrrhula enucleator. 
PLATE LIII.* 
The following quotations are from the pen of Mr. 
Wolley, to whom naturalists are again greatly indebted 
for having so perseveringly traced out and brought home 
to us the hitherto unknown eggs of this species. 
“ The Pine Grosbeak, though plentiful in Sweden 
during the winter, has been supposed to go to the east 
for the breeding-season; and, generally speaking, this is 
probably true; but in the northern and eastern part of 
Swedish Lapland, as well as in Finnish Lapland, a few 
Pine Grosbeaks make their nests.” 
Mr. Wolley made frequent excursions during the winter 
months in the hopes of finding old nests by which to 
guide his search in the ensuing spring, and on one occa¬ 
sion found one much like that of the turtle-dove, in a 
young fir-tree, six feet above the ground, which he had 
no doubt belonged to this species. “ As the days grew 
longer I eagerly listened to the beautiful clear music of 
the bird in more than one locality; and one snowy morn¬ 
ing I saw a hen watching me so very unconcernedly from 
a tree, that I climbed up to try to catch her in my hand. 
It was not until I nearly touched her that she flew off, 
as though she thought I was carrying the joke too far, 
but in a way that convinced me she had no nest. 
