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513a. GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE. _Megaquiscalus major macrourus._

Range.--Mexico to southern and eastern Texas.

This variety is larger than the last (length 18 inches) and the tail is
very broad and flat. Like the former, they nest in bushes, rushes or
trees at any elevation from the ground. The nests are built of the same
materials and the eggs are similar to those of the Boat-tailed Grackle,
but larger; size 1.28 x .88.

FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. Family FRINGILLDAE

514. EVENING GROSBEAK. _Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina._

Range.--Western United States in the Rocky Mountain region; north to
Saskatchewan; south in winter to Mississippi Valley and casually east to
New England and the intermediate states.

These are dull and yellowish birds, shading to brownish on the head;
with a bright yellow forehead and susperciliary line, black wings and
tail, and white inner secondaries and greater coverts. They breed in the
mountainous portions of their range, placing their flat nests of sticks
and rootlets in low trees or bushes. The eggs are laid in May or June
and are greenish white spotted and blotched with brown; size .90 x .65.

514a. WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. _Hesperiphona vespertina montana._

Range.--Western United States, breeding in the mountains from New Mexico
to British Columbia.

The nesting habits and eggs of this variety are the same as those of the
preceding, and the birds can rarely be separated.

515. PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator leucura._

Range.--Eastern North America, breeding from northern New England
northward, and wintering to southern New England and Ohio and casually
farther. They build in conifers

[Illustration 326: Grayish white.]
[Illustration: Evening Grosbeak.]
[Illustration: Greenish white.]
[Illustration: Pine Grosbeak.]
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making their nests of small twigs and rootlets, lined with fine grasses
and lichens. During the latter part of May or June they lay three or
four eggs, which have a ground color of light greenish blue, spotted and
splashed with dark brown, and with fainter markings of lilac. Size 1.00
x .70. Pine Grosbeaks have been separated into the following
sub-species, the chief distinction between them being in their ranges.
The nesting habits and eggs of all are alike.

515a. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator montana._

Range.--Rocky Mountain region