. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . song. When approached it seeks refugein the rank grass by descending down the stalks, or flies off toa distance, flirting its wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massa-chusetts, though common, if not abundant, in Connecticut. It isnot quite so exclusively maritime as Nuttall supposed, as it is foundon the margins of rivers so far inland that the water is scarcelybrackish. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. mariti
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . song. When approached it seeks refugein the rank grass by descending down the stalks, or flies off toa distance, flirting its wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massa-chusetts, though common, if not abundant, in Connecticut. It isnot quite so exclusively maritime as Nuttall supposed, as it is foundon the margins of rivers so far inland that the water is scarcelybrackish. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. maritijnus pefiin-siilcE) was first described from specimens taken by Mr. W. E. at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 1888. It is intermediate incoloration between A. nigrescens and^^. niaritiniiis. This race has been found only along the southwestern coast ofFlorida and on Grand Isle, off Louisiana. The Dusky Seaside Svakkow {Aminodramits nigrescejis) —which differs from viaritinius in being black above, streaked witholive and gray, beneath white, streaked with black—occurs insouthern AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. YELLOW BIRD. THISTLE BIRD. THISTLE FINCH. WILDCANARY. Spinus tristis. Char. Male in summer: bright gamboge yellow; crown, wings, andtail black ; upper and under tail-coverts, wing and tail markings, winter the male resembles the female, though with less olive : above, olive brown ; below, paler or yellowish ; forehead with-out black ; wings and tail much the same as in the male. Length about4^ inches. Nest. In a pasture or orchard ; usually placed in a crotch of a decidu-ous tree lo to 20 feet from the ground; a compact and gracefully formedcup, made of grass and vegetable fibre, lined with grass and plant down,and often with hair. Eggs. 3-6 ; white with tint of green or greenish blue, occasionallymarked with faint spots of brown ; X This common, active, and gregarious Goldfinch is a verygeneral inhabitant of the United States. It is
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