. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . cissel; Black-throatedBunting. Ad. $ .—Head and sides of the neck ashy gray ; forehead tingedwith yellow ; a yellow line over theeye and one on the side of thethroat; a black patch on the throat;chin white; breast yellow, spread-ing down on to the white belly;back streaked with black and palegrayish brown ; rump brownishash; lesser wing-coverts rufous;wings and tail fuscous. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but the head grayishbrown, streaked with blackish, andwith no black patch on
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . cissel; Black-throatedBunting. Ad. $ .—Head and sides of the neck ashy gray ; forehead tingedwith yellow ; a yellow line over theeye and one on the side of thethroat; a black patch on the throat;chin white; breast yellow, spread-ing down on to the white belly;back streaked with black and palegrayish brown ; rump brownishash; lesser wing-coverts rufous;wings and tail fuscous. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but the head grayishbrown, streaked with blackish, andwith no black patch on the throatand less yellow on the breast, which is sometimes lightly streaked withblack. Ad. in fall.—Much brighter, and with some rufous in the back. L.,6-00; W., 3-20; T., 2-35; B.,-55. ^an^e.—Eastern United States, mostly in the Mississippi Valley; breedsfrom Texas to Minnesota; winters in Central and South America; breedseast of the Alleghanies now only rarely and locally. Washington, very rare S. K., a few seen each year; formerly very abun-dant. Cambridge, casual, found nesting at Medford, June 9, 1877, where. Fig. -Dickcissel. (Natural size.) 316 ^^^KKKf^^^^^^^^^ several birds were observed; not uncommon in 1833-34 (see Bull. Nutt. , iii, 1878, pp. 45, 190). JVest, bulky, of coarse grasses and leaves, lined with finer grasses andsometimes long hairs, on the ground or in low trees or bushes. £(/ffs, fourto live, pale blue, -80 x -60. Thirty to forty years ago these birds were more or less common inthe middle Atlantic States, but they are now of rare occurrence eastof the Alleghanies. In Texas I have seen them migrating in closelymassed flocks of several hundred individuals, all silent, except for anoccasional cack. They alight on the prairie to feed ; birds in the rearare constantly arising and passing to the front; there is ceaseless mo-tion. In the summer Dickcissel makes his home in grassy fields andpastures, and from a weed stalk or bordering fence, wi
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