. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. Habia ludoviciana. Char. Male: above, black; rump white ; wings and tail black with white markings; below, white ; breast and under tail-coverts deep rose pink. Female : above, streaked blackish and olive ; crown with central stripe of white ; rump white; under parts dull white, streaked with brown; no red on the breast. Length 7% to 8% inches. JVesi. Usually on the margin of woods, or in a dense alder-swamp, — occasionally in a garden or open pasture ; comp
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. Habia ludoviciana. Char. Male: above, black; rump white ; wings and tail black with white markings; below, white ; breast and under tail-coverts deep rose pink. Female : above, streaked blackish and olive ; crown with central stripe of white ; rump white; under parts dull white, streaked with brown; no red on the breast. Length 7% to 8% inches. JVesi. Usually on the margin of woods, or in a dense alder-swamp, — occasionally in a garden or open pasture ; composed of grass, tisnea moss, roots, stalks, and twigs, lined with fine grass, roots, or pine-needles. Eggs. 3-5 ; dull green or bluish green variously marked with spots and blotches of reddish brown, lilac, and pale lavender; X The remote Northwestern Territories of the Union, Canada, and the cool regions towards the Rocky Mountains appear to be the general residence of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. A few pairs breed on the banks of the Mohawk, and probably in the interior of Pennsylvania. Mr. Say met with it in the spring, on the lower part of the Missouri; and at Pembino, on the 5 th of August, in the 49th parallel. Dr. Richardson also observed it in the latitude of 53°, and Audubon found it breed- ing in Newfoundland. It has likewise been seen in Mexico and Texas. These are, no doubt, its proper natal regions, and the course of its migrations, from which it only ventures acci- dentally in severe winters, and is then transiently seen in pairs east of the Atlantic mountains, which constitute the general boundary of its range. It is thus seen occasionally in the VOL. I. — 24. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Lit
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