. Bird guide : land birds east of the Rockies from parrots to bluebirds. Birds -- United States. BLUE GROSBEAK. 597. Guiraca ccerulea. 7 inches. Male, deep blue with chestnut shoulders; female, grayish brown above and grayish white below. Open woods, small groves and roadsides are the lo- cations in which these birds will be apt to be found. In some places they are fairly common, but nowhere abundant. Their habits are very similar to tliose of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Song.—A rapid varied warble, similar to but louder and stronger than that of the Indigo Bunting. Nest.—Of twigs, weeds and g
. Bird guide : land birds east of the Rockies from parrots to bluebirds. Birds -- United States. BLUE GROSBEAK. 597. Guiraca ccerulea. 7 inches. Male, deep blue with chestnut shoulders; female, grayish brown above and grayish white below. Open woods, small groves and roadsides are the lo- cations in which these birds will be apt to be found. In some places they are fairly common, but nowhere abundant. Their habits are very similar to tliose of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Song.—A rapid varied warble, similar to but louder and stronger than that of the Indigo Bunting. Nest.—Of twigs, weeds and grasses, lined with fine rootlets; placed in thickets, bushes or Ioav trees; four or five plain bluish-white eggs (.85 x .62). Range.—Eastern U. S., breeding from the Gulf to Maryland and Illinois; winters south of U. S. Sub-species.—597a. Western Blue Grosbeak (la- zula). Male of a brighter shade of blue than the east- ern; found from the Mississippi to the Pacific, breeding north to Kansas, Colorado and northern 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page
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