. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. S68 Field Museum of Natural History—Zoology, Vol. IX. 1881, p. 179.). According to Mr. L. O. Pindar a flock was seen at Hick- man, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River, between Cairo and New Madrid. Three specimens were taken (Widmann, Birds of Missouri, 1907, p. 166). Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister include this species (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 90) as a " common winter visitant, usually found in good numbers any time from December ; Genus PINICOLA Vieill. 235. Pinicola enucleator leucura (Muller). Pine Grosbeak. Northe
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. S68 Field Museum of Natural History—Zoology, Vol. IX. 1881, p. 179.). According to Mr. L. O. Pindar a flock was seen at Hick- man, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River, between Cairo and New Madrid. Three specimens were taken (Widmann, Birds of Missouri, 1907, p. 166). Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister include this species (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 90) as a " common winter visitant, usually found in good numbers any time from December ; Genus PINICOLA Vieill. 235. Pinicola enucleator leucura (Muller). Pine Grosbeak. Northeastern North America, from about longitude 95° to the coast; breeding from northern Maine and New Hampshire, Quebec and Ontario northward to the limit of coniferous trees; ranges south in winter to northern Illinois, northern Missouri, and Iowa. Adult male: Bill, stout; gen- eral plumage, rosy red, the feathers of back with dusky gray centers; lores, dusky; wings, dark brown, the secondaries and coverts, more or less edged with white; some of the primaries, narrowly edged with white. Adult female: General plum- age, ashy gray; the head, upper back, and rump, dull saffron yellow; breast with faint tinge of same; more or less black in front of eye; wings, as in the male. Immature birds resemble the female. Length, about 8; wing, ; tail, 4; bill, .50. The Pine Grosbeak is an irregular winter visitant to northern Illinois, but is common in winter in Wisconsin, especially in the northern part of the state. Mr. Frank M. Woodruff records a speci- men taken by him at River Forest, January, 1887. Mr. John F. Ferry procured several specimens from a flock at Lake Forest in the winter of 1895. The Field Museum collection contains two specimens, a male and a female, taken by Mr. W. Kennicott and Mr. John Dear- love at " The Grove,',' Cook County, 111., on Nov. 23, 1903, and a male taken by Mr. John F. Ferry at Beach, Lake Co., 111., Nov. 17, 1906. Kumlien and Hollister state tha
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