. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Natural history; Natural history -- New York (State); Science; Science -- New York (State). 52 Notice of tht Ajrpcaiancc of the JPim Grosbctri;. company. When shot at, or disturbed, they fly offin different directions, tiering a shrill loud note or call. When single they seem very restlesa. repeating their call incessantly. They are very active in pursuit of food, and are frequently seen flut- t« ri11lt upward after berries in the same manner as the common Cedar Bird. Among our specimens, amounting to some hundreds, many of which we dissec
. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Natural history; Natural history -- New York (State); Science; Science -- New York (State). 52 Notice of tht Ajrpcaiancc of the JPim Grosbctri;. company. When shot at, or disturbed, they fly offin different directions, tiering a shrill loud note or call. When single they seem very restlesa. repeating their call incessantly. They are very active in pursuit of food, and are frequently seen flut- t« ri11lt upward after berries in the same manner as the common Cedar Bird. Among our specimens, amounting to some hundreds, many of which we dissected to determine the sex, we have observed ilie following principal varieties : 1. Those with the plumage, above and below, principally of a bluish may, with the crown and rump dark olive, approach- ing to orange. These we take to be the young of the year. 2. Those which have these parts crimson, except that the back feathers are merely bordered with this colour, the centre being dark. According to Temminck they arc the males after their first moult. .'5. Those which have scarlet instead of the crimson, the malefl after the second moult. 4. Those in which the crown is dark brown, the rump yel- li>w-oli\c. and the back cinereous, and the head a mixture of cinereous and olive-green, and all exhibiting traces, more or . evident of the cinereous plumage. From this last cir- cumstance it would appear that they were males'in the third war, though not answering to the description given by Tem- minck. 5. Those in which the brown parts of the last-mentioned are bright orange-brown, especially the rump, with Bcarcelj a faint trace of red. This appears to be an old individual, and, from dissection, we are of'opinion that it is an old 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 Lyceum of Natural History
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