. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. SCARLET TAKAGEE AND SNOW-BU]S'TING 195 S^ yT". BARN-SWALLOW. Hi-run'do e-ryth'ro-gas-tra. in our protection that they permitted their ad- mirers to approach within ten feet of them. The female of this species is widely different in color from the male, being dull olive-green above and greenish-yellow below. THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY. Fringillidae. This Family is a large one, and it embraces the perching-birds with strong beaks, such as the finches, sparrows, snow-bi
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. SCARLET TAKAGEE AND SNOW-BU]S'TING 195 S^ yT". BARN-SWALLOW. Hi-run'do e-ryth'ro-gas-tra. in our protection that they permitted their ad- mirers to approach within ten feet of them. The female of this species is widely different in color from the male, being dull olive-green above and greenish-yellow below. THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY. Fringillidae. This Family is a large one, and it embraces the perching-birds with strong beaks, such as the finches, sparrows, snow-birds and their near rela- tives, and one group of grosbeaks. By their beaks you shall know them,—short, and wide at the base, like the jaws of a pair of pliers. They are made for cracking all seeds which the owner does not wish to swallow entire. The American Cross-bill' is a dull-red bird with brown wings and tail, and its bill is so emphatically crossed it seems like a deformity which must necessarily be fatal to a seed-eater. But Nature has her own odd ways; and it seems that the scissor arrangement of this bird's beak is to promote the husking of pine cones, and the cracking of the seeds. This is a bird of the North, and in the East comes no farther south than a hne drawn from ' Lox'i-a cur-vi-ros'ira minor. Length, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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