. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 368 SINGING he botden of Athabasca Lake: to the east of the« Kmits these birds appear to be only transient visitors in spring and fall. They are common inhabitants of the far comitries. and particnlarly of the maple woods of the Saskatchewan, where they do not amve from the South before the commencement of the month of June. In the pine woods of Oregon (accord- ing to Mr. Townsend) numerous flocks are seen about the mid- dle of May, and at this time they are very tame and unsuspicious moving
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 368 SINGING he botden of Athabasca Lake: to the east of the« Kmits these birds appear to be only transient visitors in spring and fall. They are common inhabitants of the far comitries. and particnlarly of the maple woods of the Saskatchewan, where they do not amve from the South before the commencement of the month of June. In the pine woods of Oregon (accord- ing to Mr. Townsend) numerous flocks are seen about the mid- dle of May, and at this time they are very tame and unsuspicious moving about in considerable numbers throughout the whole of the day, and seem no way given to retiring before sunset. Their ordmary note while feeding consists of a single rather screammg caU. At other times, particularly about mid-day, the male fiom the branches of some tall pine-tree utters a sinrie warbling note much like the interrupted begimiing of the Rotans song, but not 'so sweet. They feed upon the seeds of the pme and other trees, alighting upon the laige limbs and proceed by a series of hops to the very extremities of the branches. They also occasionally devour the larva of ants and probably other kinds of insects. Illi!!!^' ^i^'^^ 'f^^ '^â¢" 'â '«^"'y '""*"*" !â > Wisconsin, lUmois, Iowa, and Michigan, and occasionally in Ohio and Onterio During the latter par. of the winter of ,88^ numbers were seen eastward to Montreal and the New England States mZ> f n"" »Pp«"«^/» *« vicinity of Hamilton about the middle of December. Mr. Mcllwrnith writes that the first he s⢠Zw^^T. f about twenty or thirty, some of whom were on Z . bank of the Lake feeding, 'â while others were down on the sandy shore picking gravel or dabbling themselves in the water i bought at fim that the original flock had remained, but soonVound that an easterly migration was going on, and that as one flock left another arnved^ . Dur
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