. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . are seen about the mid-dle of May, and at this time they are very tame and unsuspicious,moving about in considerable numbers throughout the wholeof the day, and seem no way given to retiring before ordinary note while feeding consists of a single ratherscreaming call. At other times, particularly about mid-day, themale from the branches of some tall pine-tree utters a singlewarbling note much like the interrupted beginning of theRobins song, but not so sweet. They feed upon the see
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . are seen about the mid-dle of May, and at this time they are very tame and unsuspicious,moving about in considerable numbers throughout the wholeof the day, and seem no way given to retiring before ordinary note while feeding consists of a single ratherscreaming call. At other times, particularly about mid-day, themale from the branches of some tall pine-tree utters a singlewarbling note much like the interrupted beginning of theRobins song, but not so sweet. They feed upon the seedsof the pine and other trees, alighting upon the large limbs,and proceed by a series of hops to the very extremities ofthe branches. They also occasionally devour the larvae of ants,and probably other kinds of insects. The Evening Grosbeak occurs regularly in winter in Wisconsin,IlHnois, Iowa, and Michigan, and occasionally in Ohio and the latter part of the winter of 1889-90 numbers wereseen eastward to Montreal and the New England States. Its nesting habits are almost ROSE-BREASTED ludoviciana. Char. Male : above, black; rump white ; wings and tail black withwhite markings; below, white ; breast and under tail-coverts deep rosepink. Female: above, streaked blackish and olive ; crown with centralstripe of white ; rump white ; under parts dull white, streaked with brown;no red on the breast. Length 7^4 to 8% inches. Nest. Usually on the margin of woods, or in a dense alder-swamp, —occasionally in a garden or open pasture; composed of grass,//j-wm moss,roots, stalks, and twigs, lined with fine grass, roots, or pine-needles. Eggs. 3-5; dull green or bluish green variously marked with spotsand blotches of reddish brown, lilac, and pale lavender; X The remote Northwestern Territories of the Union, Canada,and the cool regions towards the Rocky Mountains appear tobe the general residence of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Afew pairs b
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