. Bird lore . too, lays blue eggs spotted with brown, the eggs of the other threespecies being plain blue. Its song is said to resemble that of the Hermit,but, as it hastens quietly northward in the spring, few of us are destined toenjoy its full melody. A small dark race, bicknelli., Bicknells Gray-cheeked Thrush, has beendescribed from the Catskill Mountains of New York, and similar birds havebeen found on the Adirondacks and higher points of New England, as wellas on the cold islands off the Nova Scotia coast. The race is but slightlydifferentiated and may perhaps be considered as a surviva
. Bird lore . too, lays blue eggs spotted with brown, the eggs of the other threespecies being plain blue. Its song is said to resemble that of the Hermit,but, as it hastens quietly northward in the spring, few of us are destined toenjoy its full melody. A small dark race, bicknelli., Bicknells Gray-cheeked Thrush, has beendescribed from the Catskill Mountains of New York, and similar birds havebeen found on the Adirondacks and higher points of New England, as wellas on the cold islands off the Nova Scotia coast. The race is but slightlydifferentiated and may perhaps be considered as a survival, dating from timeswhen glaciation was nearer home. In conclusion, 1 would say that many definite records of capture ofspecimens of the different races are open to doubt, and, while I have notbeen able to investigate all of them, I have endeavored to weigh themproperly and the results are roughly indicated on the accompanying maps,which show approximately the breeding ranges of the different species The Rose-breasted Grosbeak By B. S. BOWDISH, Demarest. N. J. With photographs from nature by the author WHILE a few writers have tended to exaggerate the beauties ofcolor and sweetness of song, and the value of food habits of thisbird, more have slighted it. In the matter of brilliant color few ofthe tropical birds surpass the Rose-breast, while to the writer, at least, hissong has a charm that is rivaled only by the melody of a very few of ourfeathered vocalists. While, I believe, no systematic study of his food habitshas been made by the Department of Agriculture, yet the casual observa-tions of bird students have shown that the Grosbeak has a peculiarly valu-able habit, namely, the including of the potato beetle in his bill of fare,—ataste apparently shared by few if any other birds. On one point the Grosbeaks chroniclers have many of them been re-miss. I refer to the share that the male takes in the labor of some instances writers ignore this entirely
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