. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ters tomiddle portions of the United States. Tills species is rosy red with two white wing bars. Likethe last, they are of a roving disposition and are apt tobe found in any unexpected locality. Their nesting hajbitsare the same as those of the American Crossbill, but the eggs average larger and the i vhitemarkings are more blotchy; size .SO x . ,) Aleiitian Rosy Fin( n. —Aleutian and Pribil
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ters tomiddle portions of the United States. Tills species is rosy red with two white wing bars. Likethe last, they are of a roving disposition and are apt tobe found in any unexpected locality. Their nesting hajbitsare the same as those of the American Crossbill, but the eggs average larger and the i vhitemarkings are more blotchy; size .SO x . ,) Aleiitian Rosy Fin( n. —Aleutian and Pribilof Islands; soutlito Kadiak. This is the largest of the genus, and canbe distinguished from the others by its verydark chestnut coloration and the gray hindneckand cheeks. Like the otherI^eucostictes, they are ^.- ~: . found in flocks and fre- ,quent rooky or mountain /ous country, where theyare nearly always foundon the ground. They buildin crevices among the --—- rocks or under ledges orembankments, making the nest of weeds and grasses. Their four or fivepure white eggs are laid during June. Data.—St. George Islands of the327. Wliite White-winded Crosbill
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