. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . ern New Jer-sey. They now become more social and may nest in ourgardens. Generally a coniferous tree is selected, and thenest of twigs, grasses, and rootlets is placed at a height ofabout twenty feet. The eggs, four to six in number, areblue, spotted with dusky about the larger end. Count yourself fortunate if a Purple Finch makes hishome near yours. He may appropriate a few buds andblossoms, but he will repay you with music and leave youhis debtor. His song is a sweet, flowing warble ; musicas natural as the rippling of a mountain brook.
. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . ern New Jer-sey. They now become more social and may nest in ourgardens. Generally a coniferous tree is selected, and thenest of twigs, grasses, and rootlets is placed at a height ofabout twenty feet. The eggs, four to six in number, areblue, spotted with dusky about the larger end. Count yourself fortunate if a Purple Finch makes hishome near yours. He may appropriate a few buds andblossoms, but he will repay you with music and leave youhis debtor. His song is a sweet, flowing warble ; musicas natural as the rippling of a mountain brook. Some morning early in May you may meet the Eose- breasted Grosbeak, just returned from a winters sojourn in South America. Perhaps his fame Eose-breasted .,, , n n i . ■, -n Grosbeak ^^^ have preceded mm, when you will Zameiodia in a measure be prepared for his charms ludoviciana. of gQjj„ and plumage, and so miss the Plate LIV. 1 ° T J. • 1. ^ X keener pleasure of surprise; but to mehe appeared as a revelation, and after fifteen years I still. Plate LVIII. Paob 162. NORTHERN SHRIKE. Length, 10-30 inches. Adult, upper parts gray; tail blacli and white ;und er parts white, with blaoliish bars ; lores grayish; ear-covertsblack. Young, similar, but plumage washed with brownish, TOWHEE. 151 find it difficult to believe that, unknown to me, this beau-tiful creature could long have been an inhabitant of mywoods. The Grosbeak prefers young second growths, with aliberal proportion of oaks. In one of these trees he willdoubtless build his nest, a structure so lightly made thatone can almost see the blue, spotted eggs from male is not only an ardent lover but an admirablehusband, and, unlike most brightly attired birds, shareswith his mate the task of incubation, and, it is said,sings while on the nest. His mate is so unlike him incolor that few would suspect their relationship. Shesuggests an overgrown female Purple Finch, with theeye-stripe especially prominent; but i
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