. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . distinct. They are full of activity and capricewhile engaged in feeding, making wide circles and deepundulations in their flight. Like Titmice also they fre-quently feed and hang to the twigs in reversed postures. Length 5.^ inches, extent of wings 9. Bill yellow, with the ridgedusky. Iris brown. Feet and claws black. Upper part of the headcrimson ; hind part of the back and rump nearly white tinged withrose color; the lower parts greyish-white, the sides streaked withdu^ky. Wings and tail dusky, with greyish-w
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . distinct. They are full of activity and capricewhile engaged in feeding, making wide circles and deepundulations in their flight. Like Titmice also they fre-quently feed and hang to the twigs in reversed postures. Length 5.^ inches, extent of wings 9. Bill yellow, with the ridgedusky. Iris brown. Feet and claws black. Upper part of the headcrimson ; hind part of the back and rump nearly white tinged withrose color; the lower parts greyish-white, the sides streaked withdu^ky. Wings and tail dusky, with greyish-white edges. Subgenus. — Pipilo. (Genus of, Vieill.) GroundFinches. Bill conic, thick, compressed, acute, with the [borders a little in-flated, tip declinate. Wings moderate. Tail long, wide, and rather long and robust. — Known better by their habits, thanby any well marked generic character. They keep much on theground, where they also nest, scratching up the soil and fallen leavesfor insects and seeds ; of almost uniform dark and plain colors, with-out GROUND ROBIN, or TOWWEE FINCH. (Fringilla crythrophthalma, Lin. Aud. i. p. 151. pi. 29. Embcriza cry-throphthalma, Wilson, ii. p. 35. pi. 10. fig. 5. Phil. Museum, ) Spec. Charact. — Black; belly white; flanks and vent bay; tailrounded, 4 outer featbers partly white ; a white spot on the wingbelow the coverts, and an interrupted white margin on the prima-ries ; bill black. — Female, olive-brown where the male is black,the head and throat inclining to chesnut; (as in the young male) 3only of the lateral tail-feathers are marked with white.— Youngishmale with the outer primary partly edged with white, and with thenarrow white spots on the three inner tertials partly obsolete, ortinned with brown. Tins is a very common, humble, and unsuspicious bird,dwelling commonly in thick dark woods and their borders, COS GRANTVOROUS BIRDS. flying low, and frequenting thickets near streams of water,where
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