. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . l bird is five and a-half incheslong. The color, bright ultramarine-blue ; wingfeathers tinged with dull bluish-brown. Thisbird prefers the skirts of the forests. Its songis sweet and interesting. Nests, in low bushes ;eggs, six ; color, blue, with purple spots. Itarrives from the south about the twentieth ofMay, and returns late in September. Feeds oninsects and berries. Pipilo erythropthalmus.—The Ground Robin, orChewink. This is a common visitor. It arrives in thevicinity of Toront
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . l bird is five and a-half incheslong. The color, bright ultramarine-blue ; wingfeathers tinged with dull bluish-brown. Thisbird prefers the skirts of the forests. Its songis sweet and interesting. Nests, in low bushes ;eggs, six ; color, blue, with purple spots. Itarrives from the south about the twentieth ofMay, and returns late in September. Feeds oninsects and berries. Pipilo erythropthalmus.—The Ground Robin, orChewink. This is a common visitor. It arrives in thevicinity of Toronto about the twentieth of May;the males ariving about ten days before thefemales. For two or three hours after sunrise,the Chewink sits perched upon the top of asmall tree or bush, and sings with mellow sweet-ness, which cannot fail to interest the , on the ground beneath a tuft of grass ;eggs, four in number, of a flesh color, with darkspots. Two broods, and sometimes three, areraised in the season. They collect in flocks aboutthe last of October, and leave for the south. 62 Birds of THE BOBOLINK. Family ICTERIID^.Sub-Family Agelaein.^..— TJie Starlings. DolicJiojiyx oryzivoriis.—The Bobolink. This well-known and beautiful bird arrives inCanada about the last of May. Length, sevenand three-quarter inches. Color, black, beauti-fully marked with cream color and white. Thefemale is yellowish beneath ; above, dark male assumes the color of the female in thefall. Its cheerful, loud, and jingHng song isheard in every meadow in the summer, frommorning until evening. Nests, on the ground ;eggs, four to six, of a light ashy-blue color, with Birds of Canada. 61 spots of dark brown. This bird feeds on insectsand seeds. Early in September, they collect inlarg-e flocks, and move southward. Molothrus pccoris.—The Cow Cow Bird is eight inches long. Thebreast, neck, and lower half of the breast, lightbrown; the rest of the body, bright
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