. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . g lemon yellow on under wingand tail coverts. Adult female :prevailing color yellowish or yellow-ish brown ; throat bordered bydusky; whitish patch on : similar to female, but dullerand markings less defined. Male :length (skins), , wing , tail , bill .,width of bill at base . Fe-male : length (skins),, wing4, , taU , bill .74-83, width of bill at base, Distrihition. — Breeds in
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . g lemon yellow on under wingand tail coverts. Adult female :prevailing color yellowish or yellow-ish brown ; throat bordered bydusky; whitish patch on : similar to female, but dullerand markings less defined. Male :length (skins), , wing , tail , bill .,width of bill at base . Fe-male : length (skins),, wing4, , taU , bill .74-83, width of bill at base, Distrihition. — Breeds in Cana-dian and Hudsonian zones in western United States from the Plains to thePacific, and south through mountains of northwestern Mexico. Nest. — 15 to 50 feet from the groimd in the top of a conifer or thickwillow, a comparatively flat, slight structure of small sticks, roots, andsometimes tree lichens lined with finer roots. Eggs : 3 or 4, clear green,blotched with pale brown. Food. — Insects, such as caterpillars ; seeds, and the fruit or buds of mis-tletoe, hackberry, box elder, juniper, maple, ash, alder, and related. From Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. ofAgriculture. Fig. 393. In the Canadian zone forests after the nesting season you occa-sionally see a wandering flock of evening grosbeaks. Sometimesthere will be only seven or eight in the flock, sometimes twenty-fiveor more. Their commonest call, as they pass over or light in a fir top,is a short whistle that can always be recognized by its wild, freequality, but they have also a loud beady note something likethat of the waxwing. In the mountains of Arizona the grosbeaks breed in canyons andnear water, Dr. Mearns says, afterwards descending to the oaks ofthe foothills with their young. In winter, grosbeaks are very common in Portland, Oregon, whereMr. Anthony says large flocks feed in the maples, picking up thefallen seeds at the feet of passers-by. 308 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. On a Sierra grade we have passed a fl
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