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Teachers' manual of bird-life/Pheucticus ludovicianus

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2483564Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds. Teachers ManualPlate LIV, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, (Pheucticus ludovicianus)Ernest Seton Thompson


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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak.

Length, 8.10 inches. Adult male, crown and back black; rump white; throat black; breast rose-red; belly white. Adult female, upper parts dark brown and buff; a white line over eye; under parts buffy, streaked with brownish; under wing-coverts orange.