regimiPfwhich gre c o l e ^ ^ w i th ^ th ic k growth of«^^iohaYreek
of th/aSBuerous or d e g antf % l$ flq a% i t'hem^ir^sffiall partiesfm '
(the a b r o a c h rof b lig h t ^ T O e i l l^ ^ ^ s t r a n g em 'n d peculiar, a r i^
dffty t ^ ’twifiglit t l i ^ t h e y ^ ^ h e a r d ^ c^ n g ^ i^ .’a stfigute$|
affiSjjfcri. T his'’mbhrifFuVsduni^ hittcrells at'^§ueir®an unhsuajjffipltfr
' s t ^ e f ^ h B ^ ^ ^ l u f ’ a'^ear5 J W the4-’
uhniigh/ proKahlwfrom jhtk' &ia^qeaint$nc6* with4 nlsHTf*#
^PunaMablv ij|te e | and fearles's^as almost'1 t‘d suffer itsel^t™\b^
caught withlthe »halndr
f T h e ^ s fR im e n ►of thef%ven8fig Grosbeak prcs^ritOT^to^Jthe'
L y c e u ^ ^ Nhw-York b^ 's Mr. ' Sdhooltf aftt^from
C o o ^ ^ e sC ^ i s h e d ^the M te c ie ^ was th c ^ H P u n til
Ipnly M e in p o ^^pe^^lized ihun; “••bMi"
e * a ta * d |p vW 6 fh C T ^ h o ^ a 'r ty in th e ,^ r iifg “ Y l^A tti& b d ^ ij
" L a ^ - near th ^ ^ o ^ y ^ 'M o ttn ta itfs , 'tea»
’^ diess j f e a lw ^ ’jjlieiffTeatei* bf'LondP;h.i!&-
im o r ^ p m e C t^ f tb ^ n , ouhcplate, alt^dy*<eagtlyefdf fro’id«»J%.
fvf^jrers^specimen,.-Jha^d/een faithfully* c o lo r e d ; aSnd* thevsiib-
uidped t^feripfidff^^lMrllfufly drawn4 -up from a ^eufMct speramefi
h o ^ ^ P o r ^ us, W P S Leadbretitfer* ^ith|tBfe- m 'o ^ p b lig i% ‘
liberality h aSJcoM ded bo*HP o h aP fe ';^
' Althougfi. wWconsider the G ro ^e k ^M ^ c co t^a tM e s^ -aM only
a su b g e n u so i our great gerius" Bringnm? they bSay with"dqfrbl
pro p rie ty constithtd^Sne by ihemsWvd^^Us the insensible degrees'
whigh iriferme^atd friSch >oife fp rir|ffitd y lh@ t^^
(«which 'determih’SfFEs in c'onsi^riifg them as >a gtfhgerfus, and1 ne$
a genus) '%ie f^^fually* ol$^vab]fc Vet#een Mher “’g^pps^' though
admi^eu _S|^genera^ ^occM ^mustW ^^ | as{ ii^ ic b ^ .n ti'^ d ^ 6 "’be
distiTi#iiisb e l f f r o i f c ' Fri?igilla, &s Wiarcm frotfi; Sylvid;
and at* a ll e^fti^^its'iilaim?!® ’full as gPhfh aadrp^hq$w-'tii&tfeii,
T h a n its- n e a i^ e nm iS Fyrrhi^i. Tin the 'present w^ck, drj’we
- p ^ fe rre ff fe frmihg things as we foniffdvthem, until wfe Pin
apply pur^iyes -to the work of a general refdim, as announced in
thfefir&t particle: o f this volume ... Though*we regard the|Gr<uibeakp
asf^^hgfenjis,' others going tq-th^opposita^xtremei have^lrlcted^
^ 0!%fflpt0/{^’sebfeaffi^ w il^ ^ ^ ip 0Sied off geverah g^era,. The
Evgtwrig GrpsbeaP%s however so^precjad^siipilar-iil form .to the'
Hawfinchftype^of the .group, a^to^defy the,- attempt^'o* ifftomoS.
detgyniined^ylpyators to .seph^ateythem- M J3r#?4j as
l^gl^ &atq as^tohgiteil^prg^di. with both "mandjMes equal, tlfe
«upper rleprefssed aiql'rounded above, and tnefeommisMae straight;
It popfo rtn s ©vep, in a, .slight degyee^nn the rhomboiap shapeof
•th|e >#<|£dsjkpf t.h^aecondaries. a character fli p , congpicifous in: its
.ajtal’ogue ;-,qp Xyhibn, ip.s|he distribution and tran^ft^M- of its-» tintf,
thopgh veryf diffpr^nt, it»nrsoibearsto^r,esemblajQ,ce. It is howeveiy
tof^he'/C^ur.-'North America,p, speei'es of 4tsygroupjjpie|^n^ one*so '
^triqtlwjalli^d, fomcpea^he Cardinal Grosbeakjrf^ig .mgst nearlyj
n^'ate,d»orf'jthese ^pecies^HjonjafiPount ofe^tSillh^rt; jpqnded wings
.acftfj otby Tninor traitSj, might be-,separated, thoqgh f<£eflpate|^ -fa
has,<apj|,s|s' y§ktQ^n',,]mqw]tei&0:; th®;ii&0i'S%ave been already. ■
^ > The Evening’ grosbeak is} eight aiid a half inches longj/ilts^ball
is ^^wgreeniSh yelMw, brighter on the margins, sevqfi-eighthlTpf
an inchlbng,: fiye-ei^Khs bcead,'the same in height; the capistrum
; and lora"are black :>.the# front is- widely teKisaht yellow, prolonged
ip a broad stripover the eveTo thejfiars.:-t the hinumrownis blackf
uptermiied with yelloyr^^isihte only. ;0>» scmLra'ting^the feathers/
hnt lea^ingito the'su’spimon thalAt smfe period the jelldw^e^ejms
perhaps* all' over, t o m to : :t&i|Mei anhlfnfafipr parts qf, the
^.e&d, #he whole ^neck^Mioye ^nd,^beneath,..^^ether , with the
Aia.tfir.scanma^ nnd jtjreastslare of, a dark'.oljyq^brown, b|||hning
, lighter by/.d^rees; the ^scapulars .are.yellow, slightly tinged, with
’greenish; thS, haok,V^Jnp)lyntih the. whele lateral tapd inferior
R^P^fev^itcIud|ng themnder wing and .under- taihcoTOKts, yellow,
purer; hoi the ?mnp> and «somewhat twged \yith pilye byown on the
von. ii.—u