. Our birds in their haunts [microform] : a popular treatise on the birds of eastern North America. Birds; Oiseaux. THE FINE GROSBEAK, SI with a short, thick, almost hawk-like bill, and the tail slightly notched. The general color of the old male is bright crimson-red, the feathers, especially on the back,. THB FINE CROSBBAK. showing elegant centers of dusky ash; the lores, the sides of the head and body, and the under tail coverts, ashy; two bands on the wing coverts, white; wings and tail, dusky. Female and young, ashy, variously marked or tinged with greenish yellow or light golden brown on
. Our birds in their haunts [microform] : a popular treatise on the birds of eastern North America. Birds; Oiseaux. THE FINE GROSBEAK, SI with a short, thick, almost hawk-like bill, and the tail slightly notched. The general color of the old male is bright crimson-red, the feathers, especially on the back,. THB FINE CROSBBAK. showing elegant centers of dusky ash; the lores, the sides of the head and body, and the under tail coverts, ashy; two bands on the wing coverts, white; wings and tail, dusky. Female and young, ashy, variously marked or tinged with greenish yellow or light golden brown on the crown and rump, or even over the back and breast. As the male is no doubt several years in reaching his bright colors of matu- rity, nearly all the individuals visiting us in winter are ashy. To the naturalist and artist the old males are a great desideratum. Scarcely can the southern climes send us a inore brilliant migrant than this casual visitor from the north. Immature specimens may arrive in New England and the Middle States, already in the wake of Indian Sum- mer, but only in severe winters are they common. Then the flocks of 10-20 may contain quite a sprinkling of the. 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 Langille, J. H. (James Hibbert), 1841-1923. Boston : S. E. Cassino
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