. . but they are chiefly confined to the western por-tions of the continent. Members of the Alpine regions,like the ouzels and the longspurs, they are social httlefellows. Their choice of territory for breeding purposes is inkeeping with those of the evening grosbeak and white-tailed ptarmigan in nesting in the far North or in the high-est mountains. The birds spend most of their time uponthe ground, collecting their food of seeds and insects. Little has been written regarding the rosy finch and itsnear allies, chiefly because their
. . but they are chiefly confined to the western por-tions of the continent. Members of the Alpine regions,like the ouzels and the longspurs, they are social httlefellows. Their choice of territory for breeding purposes is inkeeping with those of the evening grosbeak and white-tailed ptarmigan in nesting in the far North or in the high-est mountains. The birds spend most of their time uponthe ground, collecting their food of seeds and insects. Little has been written regarding the rosy finch and itsnear allies, chiefly because their summer range takes themto the more inaccessible mountain regions, where collectingis difficult, unless a small number of naturalists organize anexpedition for that purpose. The nest of the leucosticte, constructed almost entirelyof grass, is placed in crevices of the rocks, under boulders,or on little ridges at altitudes above timber line. Like theeggs of swifts, owls, petrels, and other birds which nest indark places or in crevices, they are white, GRAV-CROVVNED LEUCOSTICTE. (Leucosticte tephrocotis-.) Life-bize. COPVRtGHT 1902. BV RD, CHICAGO
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