. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Genus PINICOLA Vieillot. PINICOLA ENITCLEATOK (Lixx.). 211. Pine Grosbeak, (515) Malt:âCarmine I'ed, paler or whitish on the bell}", darker and streaked with dusky on the back ; wings and tail dusky, much edged with white, the former with two white bars. Feinalt:âAshy-gray, palei- lielow, marked with brownish
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Genus PINICOLA Vieillot. PINICOLA ENITCLEATOK (Lixx.). 211. Pine Grosbeak, (515) Malt:âCarmine I'ed, paler or whitish on the bell}", darker and streaked with dusky on the back ; wings and tail dusky, much edged with white, the former with two white bars. Feinalt:âAshy-gray, palei- lielow, marked with brownish-yellow on the head and rump. Length, S-9 ; wing, ik » tail, 4. Hab.âNorthern portions of the northern hemisphere, Ijreeding far north, in winter, south, in North America, irregularly to the Northern United States. South in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and in the Sierra Nevada to California. Nest, in a bush, four feet from the giound, composetl entirely of coarse ^reen moss. Eggs, foui', slate color, tingeil with green, spotted and clouded with brown and purple. In Southern Ontario the Pine Grosbeak is an irregular winter visitor, sometimes appearing in large flocks and again being entireljf absent for .several years in succession. Duiing the winter of 1882-83, and also of 1883-84, they were quite common, and were observed "throughout the countrj', wherever their favorite red cedar or moun- tain ash berries were to be found, but since that time not one has been seen. They are fine, robust birds of a most sociable, gentle â disposition. I have often watched them feeding in flocks, sometimes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas. London, T. Fisher Unwin; Toronto, William Briggs
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