. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . brownish with alarge patch of white; tail, black ;bill, greenish-yellow, fig. 303. In_terior of N. A. east of the Rockies,wandering eastward irregularlysouth to Kansas east to N. note, loud and frequently giv-en ; song, short and not very pleas-ing. y. Song- Large fringiline birds with large bills, long wings, andlong, square tails; nests of sticks placed in trees or bushes,very frail structures; eggs, blue, spotted with reddish-brown. 1, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, Z. ludovici>n\; head, neck and above, black,
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . brownish with alarge patch of white; tail, black ;bill, greenish-yellow, fig. 303. In_terior of N. A. east of the Rockies,wandering eastward irregularlysouth to Kansas east to N. note, loud and frequently giv-en ; song, short and not very pleas-ing. y. Song- Large fringiline birds with large bills, long wings, andlong, square tails; nests of sticks placed in trees or bushes,very frail structures; eggs, blue, spotted with reddish-brown. 1, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, Z. ludovici>n\; head, neck and above, black, large patch on wings andseveral smaller ones, spots on Fig. 304. outer tail feathers, rump, andbeneath, white; under wingcoverts and triangular patch onbreast, rose, fig. 304. Female,brown above, buffy below,streaked with dusky; underwing coverts, saffron-yellow;median line of crown, and lineover eye whitish, plate 2lbill in both sexes, pale-brown,whitish beneath. Breeds ineastern N. A. from the MiddleStates to the southern British CC, F, y, 1. DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 231 PosseBsions; along the Alleghanies to N. C. ; winters in Cen-tral America and northern S. A.; south in Sep.; north in open woodlands, groves and orchards. , rich, clear and varied, the notes flowing together, givensometimes as the bird flies ; alarm, a metallic click. Unsus-picious. Flight, rather swift and undulating. 2. BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, Z. from 1 in having a line behind eye, collar on neck be-hind, sometimes mottlings on back rump, and most of lowerparts buffy cinnamon ; no rose ; under wing coverts and belly,yellow. Female, differs from 1 chiefly in being buffy orochraceous, streakings on sides, but usually none on breast;yellow beneath as in male. Western U. S. from Mexico toBritish Columbia; accidental in Mich. z. Cardinals. Carclinalis. Large, crested grosbeaks, with thick bills, short wings,and long tails; males, bright re
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