. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . differ. tiOl. Painted Bunting. Passerina ciris. Range.—South Atlantic and Gulf States; north to Illinois in the interior. Without exception, this is the most gaud-ily attired of North American birds, thewhole underparts being red, the head andneck deep blue, tlie back yellowish green, andtiie rump purple, the line of demarcation be-tween the colors being sharp. They are fre-quently kept as cage birds but more for theirbright colors than any mu
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . differ. tiOl. Painted Bunting. Passerina ciris. Range.—South Atlantic and Gulf States; north to Illinois in the interior. Without exception, this is the most gaud-ily attired of North American birds, thewhole underparts being red, the head andneck deep blue, tlie back yellowish green, andtiie rump purple, the line of demarcation be-tween the colors being sharp. They are fre-quently kept as cage birds but more for theirbright colors than any musical ability, theirsong being of the character of the Indigo Bunt-ing, but weaker and less musical. They arevery abundant in the South Atlantic and GulfStates, where they nest usual-^ly in bushes or hedges at lowelevations, but occasionallyon branches of tall nests are made ufweeds, shreds of bark,grasses, etc., lined with finegrass, very much resemblingthat of the Indigo. Theireggs are laid in May, June or July, they fre-quently raising two broods; they arc white orpale bluish white, speokled with reddishbrown. Size .75 x .
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