. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . trnmiYj 216 L E ^y 1 s A M E 111 C A N SPORTS M A N. CHANGE OF PLUMAGE. We were shown, a few days since, a reed-bird, the j^lumage ofwhich was a perfect canary-color; and, if we had not recognisedthe bird from its general outline, we should have pronounced it anovergroivn canary, so complete was the change that had takenplace in its appearance. MEMORANDA. 1. Reed-birds breed in the North, pass the summer in theMiddle States, the autumn in the South, and the wi
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . trnmiYj 216 L E ^y 1 s A M E 111 C A N SPORTS M A N. CHANGE OF PLUMAGE. We were shown, a few days since, a reed-bird, the j^lumage ofwhich was a perfect canary-color; and, if we had not recognisedthe bird from its general outline, we should have pronounced it anovergroivn canary, so complete was the change that had takenplace in its appearance. MEMORANDA. 1. Reed-birds breed in the North, pass the summer in theMiddle States, the autumn in the South, and the winter in theWest Indies. 2. In the North they are called bobolinks; in Pennsylvania andDelaware, reed-birds; in the South, rice-buntings or meadow-bird;^;in Jamaica, butter-birds. 3. They build their nests on the ground, and raise but one broodin a season, consisting of from four to six young. 4. The plumage of the males during the summer resembles thatof the females so closely that it is difficult to tell them apart; theyoung bird at this season also assimilates the female in its ,- f^ kw 1^^ /^|!,il>^ :l h «lU|l
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