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The Grosbeak 
T HIS bird is named “grosbeak” be¬ 
cause his bill, or beak, is thick and 
heavy, or gross. That makes him 
look rather stupid, and anyway he is a shy 
and lonely bird, often sitting motionless for 
some moments. This bird’s plumage is 
deep blue, with dark blue and black on top, 
and wings and tail black. There is another 
kind of grosbeak which is bright yellow. 
This bird’s bill helps him to crack the hardest seeds and kernels, but he is 
fond of rice. He makes his nest in thickets and tall weeds by the road. 
The Bullfinch 
A S RED as a strawberry on cheeks, 
throat, and breast, this bird has a 
brown tail and wings, which are 
marked with black, white, and slate-color. 
Yet his somber back does not prevent your 
seeing him readily against the brown cones 
and evergreen needles of the pine and 
cedar, on the seeds of which he lives. Flocks 
of bullfinches go from place to place 
through the North, wherever the pine grows, coming and going suddenly. 
This bird makes a good pet, for it can learn to whistle various musical airs. 
The Trogon 
T HIS very beautiful bird will not stop to alight, for he catches the 
insects and even the berries upon which he feeds, while on the 
wing. He is a tropical bird, and this, the most beautiful of all 
* the trogons, is found in Central America. 
His head has a rounded crest of threadlike 
feathers. His plumage is green above, but 
his under parts from the chest down are 
vivid scarlet. The outer tail feathers are 
white, with black at the base, and are often 
more than a yard long. He is hardly as 
large as a turtle dove, and has a stout yel¬ 
low beak, and very bright eyes. 
