You will not be likely to hear these birds sing, though they sometimes do so on their winter trips.

Their usual call-note is a whistle which they give when flying.
[Illustration: Pine Grosbeak.] "Some day this winter when you are taking a walk you may see them on the ground under chestnut and beech trees, and in old pastures where the red sumach berries are the only bright things left above the snow.

You will think it a very cheerful sight--red birds and red berries together.

You will also have time to take a good look at them, for they move slowly, and be glad to know the names of your friends who are hardy enough to brave the cold.
"Though this Grosbeak seems rather dull and stupid out of doors, he is a charming cage pet, growing tame and singing a delightful warbling song.
I picked up one with a broken wing when I was a boy, and kept him for many years; the hurt wing was soon healed, and the bird was always tame and happy after that, though he soon lost his bright feathers.

But I would never advise any one to make a cage pet of a bird who has been born wild and once known liberty.