. Unsere Wintervögel, wie man sie kennt und wie man sie anzieht. Aber in den letzten acht Jahren kam es häufiger und in grösseren Zahlen zu uns als der Pine Grosbeak, südliches New Jersey, wobei der südlichste Punkt, von dem es umgeschleimt wurde. Bei der Größe der letzteren Vögel haben die Männchen die Stirn gelb, Krone schwarz, Rücken olivbraun, Unterteile gelb, die Flügel und der Schwanz schwarz, die for-mer mit weiß markiert, während das Weibchen bräunlich grau ist, unten und auf dem Nacken gelb gefärbt, Thewings und Schwanz viel wie beim Männchen. Der Abend Grosbeak ist in der Regel im flocksof von sechs t gesehen
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. Our winter birds, how to know and how to attract them . but for the past eight years it hascome to us more frequently and in greater numbersthan the Pine Grosbeak, southern New Jersey beingthe most southern point from which it has been re-corded. About the size of the latter birds, the males havethe forehead yellow, crown black, back olive-brown, underparts yellow, the wings and tail black, the for-mer marked with white, while the female is brownishgray, tinged with yellow below and on the nape, thewings and tail much as in the male. The Evening Grosbeak is usually seen in flocksof from six to eight to as many as sixty birds. Theyfeed mainly on the seeds of the box elder, maple, and buckthorn, but also evidently acquire a taste forsunflower seeds. By placing a supply of these seeds FOREST BIRDS 163 first under the buckthorn tree in which Grosbeakswere feeding, a writer in Bird-Lore for December, 1917, soon induced a flock of thirty birds to visither window-sill, where they disputed among them-selves for the privilege of feeding from her hand.. Evening Grosbeaks Surely no bird-lover could be accorded a higherhonor! When perched in the trees .awaiting theirbreakfast, the constant chirping of the birds soundedlike the jingle of small sleigh bells. Sometimes theysang a beautiful caroling song and occasionally ut-tered a soft throaty trill, like a Bluebirds note.From February to April these birds were almost 164 OUR WINTER BIRDS daily visitors to the table which was always spreadfor them. Then they disappeared. Where did theygo? No one knows. Pine Grosbeaks have beenfound nesting all the way from Nova Scotia toAlaska, but during the summer Evening Grosbeaksare rarely seen east of the Rocky Mountains. Un-less, therefore, we should discover them nesting insome remote portion of the great evergreen forestsof eastern Canada or the northern United States, itis evident this handsome gold and black Finchhas crossed the continent to be our guest during thewinter. Certainly after
