Natural history of animals; . Fig. 134. — Purple Finch. Fig. 135.—White-winged Crossbill. ican Goldfinch, is of a beautiful yellow, the crown andwings black, tail and wings marked with white. Thenest is very handsome, made of lichens, and fastenedto a twig; eggs white, with a bluish tinge, and spottedwith brown at the larger end. Crossbills have the points of the bill much curvedand crossing each other. By means of this curiousinstrument they can open the cones of pine and sprucewith great facility, and thus secure the seeds, uponwhich they feed. Crossbills are about as large as the 96 VERTEBR
Natural history of animals; . Fig. 134. — Purple Finch. Fig. 135.—White-winged Crossbill. ican Goldfinch, is of a beautiful yellow, the crown andwings black, tail and wings marked with white. Thenest is very handsome, made of lichens, and fastenedto a twig; eggs white, with a bluish tinge, and spottedwith brown at the larger end. Crossbills have the points of the bill much curvedand crossing each other. By means of this curiousinstrument they can open the cones of pine and sprucewith great facility, and thus secure the seeds, uponwhich they feed. Crossbills are about as large as the 96 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. ,4$S&. Fig. 136. — Song Sparrow Bluebird ; and there are two species in North America,— the Red Crossbill and the White-winged Crossbill,the latter having white bands upon the wings. Sparrows are plain-coloredbirds, generally dull brown,variously striped and marked,and are the most commonin open fields, orchards, andabout low bushes. Thereare many kinds in NorthAmerica, all of which aresmall, the largest scarcelyequalling the common Bluebird in size. Some of theprincipal kinds are the Bay-winged Bunting, the Yel-low-winged Sparrow, the White-crowned Sparrow, theWhite-throated Sparrow, the Black Snowbird, theTree Sparrow, the Chipping Sparrow, the Song Spar-row, the Swamp Sparrow, the Fox-colored Sparrow, etc. The Grosbeaks have the billvery large, and hence their name,which means great beak. TheRose-breasted Grosbeak is one ofthe most beautiful of the NorthAmerican birds. It is smaller thana Robin, and the color is black andwhite, the breast a rich female has no black or car-
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