Teachers' manual of bird-life/Pinicola enucleator

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2481281Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds. Teachers ManualPlate LI, Pine Grosbeak, (Pinicola enucleator)Ernest Seton Thompson


Page 147, 148.

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AMERICAN CROSSBILL.

Length, 6.20 inches. Adult male, dull red; back brownish; wings and tail blackish. Adult female and young, greenish; back more or less mottled with brownish; the under parts grayish.

PINE GROSBEAK.

Length, 9.10 inches. Adult male, rose-pink; back brownish; lower belly gray; wings and tail brownish black. Adult female and young, gray; Crown, upper tail-coverts, and breast washed with deep yellow.