. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . the ground ;eggs, four or five, white, tinged with blue, andspotted with reddish-brown. Arrives here inflocks early in May. In the fall its color ischanged to a greenish-olive, resembling thefemale. About the last of September theygather in flocks and move southward. C. pvnis.—The Pine Finch. The Pine Finch arrives in Canada late in thefall, and remains throughout the winter. Itfrequents the pine forests. Feeds on the seedscontained in the pine cones. Color, above,brownish-olive ; ben
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . the ground ;eggs, four or five, white, tinged with blue, andspotted with reddish-brown. Arrives here inflocks early in May. In the fall its color ischanged to a greenish-olive, resembling thefemale. About the last of September theygather in flocks and move southward. C. pvnis.—The Pine Finch. The Pine Finch arrives in Canada late in thefall, and remains throughout the winter. Itfrequents the pine forests. Feeds on the seedscontained in the pine cones. Color, above,brownish-olive ; beneath, whitish, streaked with Birds of Canada. 51 dusky brown ; tail, forked. Breeds north ofOntario. Curvirostra americana.—TKe Red Crossbill. The Red Crossbill is six inches long; thecolor, dull red ; the wings and tail, blackish-brown. This bird is an inhabitant of the pineforests o{ the far north, and usually visits usduring the winter. Its food consists of the seedsof the pine and hemlock, detaches fromthe cones and husks that enclose them with itspeculiarly shaped bill, which is WHITE-AVINGED CROSSBILL. Curvirostra leiicoptera.—The White-wingedCrossbill. This bird has all the general characteristics ofthe Red Crossbill, but is readily distinguished bythe white bands across the wings. 52 Birds of Canada. jEgiothus linaria.—The Lesser Red-poll. This is a common winter visitor with us. Itis four and a-half inches long ; the color, above,light-yellowish, each feather streaked with darkbrown ; the crown, crimson ; upper parts of thebreast, tinged with light crimson ; white, under-neath. Few birds manifest a more affectionatedisposition than the little Red-poll. I have oftenseen a number sitting on a branch, feeding eachother, and exhibiting other marks of kindnessand affection. This bird breeds in the arcticregions. PlcctropJiancs nivales.—The Snow Bunting. This is another very common winter visitor inthis part of Canada. They move in large flocks,a
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