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PINE GROSSBEAK. 
across the wing; primaries, blackish brown, narrowly edged 
with white, which is tinged with red on the inner half of 
the first six; secondaries more broadly edged with white; 
tertiaries, blackish brown edged with white. Tail, greyish 
black, and rather forked, the feathers slightly edged with 
whitish; underneath it is slate-coloured; upper tail coverts, 
red, but the base of each feather is greyish black; under 
tail coverts, grey edged with white; legs and toes, blackish 
brown; claws, black. 
After the second moult the above red plumage is said to 
become more or less tinged with yellowish orange. 
Female; length, eight inches to eight and a quarter; bill, 
orange brown; iris, hazel; head, crown, and neck on the 
back, dull yellow at first, afterwards orange yellow, the feathers 
streaked with dusky. Chin, throat, and breast, ash-coloured 
grey tinged with brown; back, brownish slate-coloured above, 
below dull yellow, afterwards orange yellow. Greater and 
lesser wing coverts, primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, 
greyish black tipped with greyish white. Tail, greyish black; 
upper tail coverts, dull yellow, afterwards orange yellow; 
under tail coverts, ash-coloured grey. Legs and toes, blackish 
brown; claws, black. 
Young birds of the first year, before their first moult, 
resemble the female, but are more or less tinged with brown. 
