"For in addition to the Goldfinch there is a bright-blue cousin and a red one." "What are their names, and shall we see them here ?" cried Dodo.
"You will learn their names very soon.

The blue one now has a nest across the meadow, and the red one makes us a visit every autumn; but you must stop asking questions if you want to hear about them to-day.
"The first of the Finch family is a bird you will only see in the winter, and not even then if you are living further south than the middle range of States.

It is called the Pine Grosbeak." THE PINE GROSBEAK "This bird has a great heavy beak, that makes him look rather stupid; in fact, this beak gives him the name of Gros-beak, which means the same as Great-beak.

He loves the pine woods of Canada and builds his nest among them, only a little way above the snow that still covers the ground at the early season when this bird begins housekeeping.
"When the northern winter is very severe, Pine Grosbeaks gather in flocks and scatter through the States.

But you must not expect to see a whole flock of beautiful strawberry-red birds, for only the old males are red; the females are dull gray and yellowish, while the young males look like their mothers, and do not wear their gay coats until they are two years old.