. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 86 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK migration many individuals stay through the winter, and some linger till May. As an ordinary thing, however, these birds find food enough in the north, and are either entirely absent in south- ern New England in winter, or occur only as straggling migrants, or as rare winter visitants. When they come south, they resort eithe
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 86 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK migration many individuals stay through the winter, and some linger till May. As an ordinary thing, however, these birds find food enough in the north, and are either entirely absent in south- ern New England in winter, or occur only as straggling migrants, or as rare winter visitants. When they come south, they resort either to the pines Fig. 3. Red-bellied i. xi -kt t • i. Nuthatch. °^ *° ^^^ Norway spruces, clinging to the cones till they extract the seeds, then flying with nervous little movements to a limb where they either hammer open the seed, or as frequently hammer it into a crevice for safe-keeping. The Eed-bellied Nut- hatch is a very active, restless bird, and its short tail gives it a comical air of fussiness. The ordinary call-note is a high-pitched nasal ank, ank; when the bird is excited this note is repeated very rapidly and for a long period. It has, besides, a call-note like the syllable hiit, which is often varied in pitch. Its nasal call is one or two tones higher than that of the following species. If a Nuthatch has bright reddish-brown under parts, there can be no doubt as to its identity, but in spring and summer the color fades, and the female in particular is al- most grayish below. It must then be distinguished from the White-bellied Nuthatch by its small size, and by the black or bluish-gray line through the eye. White-breasted Nuthatch ; White-bellied Nut- hatch. Sitta carolinensis Ad. $. — Upper parts grayish-blue, except the crown and front part of back, which is black ; under parts white ; feathers under the tail reddish-brown ; tail short and square, all but the central pair of tail-feathers black, the outer ones with large white spots. Ad. 9. — Simila
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