. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . tso extensive ; wings and tail brown. Nest, of twigs, loosely constructed, from five to twenty-fivefeet up in bush or tree. Eggs, pale blue, with numerous brownmarkings. The Eose-breasted Grosbeak is a summer resident through-out I^ew York and New England, common in some regions,but rare in others, for instance on Long Island. It is saidnot to occur on Cape Cod, and in the upland of northernNew Engl
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . tso extensive ; wings and tail brown. Nest, of twigs, loosely constructed, from five to twenty-fivefeet up in bush or tree. Eggs, pale blue, with numerous brownmarkings. The Eose-breasted Grosbeak is a summer resident through-out I^ew York and New England, common in some regions,but rare in others, for instance on Long Island. It is saidnot to occur on Cape Cod, and in the upland of northernNew England, though found even high up on the moun-tains, it is nowhere common. It arrives in May, andremains into September. Of late years it has shown apreference for villages, and even for city streets, if well- ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 151 shaded ; it also occurs in orchards, but apparently its naturalhabitat is a growth of young trees or saplings, particularlyin low ground. In midsummer it is often seen in potato-fields, collecting the slugs of the potato-beetle to carry toits young. The song of the E-ose-breasted Grosbeak is a fine, power-ful warble, with some of the cadence of the Robins song,. Fig. 36. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Female though faster ; a glorified E-obin, Burroughs has calledit. Its alarm-note is a sharp, metallic click. The female looks like an overgrown sparrow, and mayreadily be told by her large bill, the white line orer hereye, and the white on the wing. As the male flies, he showsa ring of white, formed by the white in his wing. Cardinal. Cardinalls cantinalis Ad. $. — Top and sides of head, conspicuous crest, and underparts bright red; forehead and throat bhick; back, win^s, and tailtinged with gray; bill red. Ad. 9. — Crest, wings, and tail dull 152 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK reddish; upper parts brownish; throat gray; rest of under partsdull buffy, sometimes showing a trace of red on the breast; billlight-colored. Im. — Similar to $
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