. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . obin. Pipilo erythrophlhalmus — From about eight to eight and three-fomths Male. — Head, all round, neck and chest, wings and tail hlack; the two latter white-marked; sides and flanks chestnut; breast and belly Female. —Bro-wxi replacing the black of the — On ground; usually sunken and often roofed — Whi
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . obin. Pipilo erythrophlhalmus — From about eight to eight and three-fomths Male. — Head, all round, neck and chest, wings and tail hlack; the two latter white-marked; sides and flanks chestnut; breast and belly Female. —Bro-wxi replacing the black of the — On ground; usually sunken and often roofed — White, rather finely and evenly spotted with light ashy and — The latter part of April to October, rarely remaining all winter in southeastern Massachusetts. This common and well-known bird always may be foundin its season in sprout lands and thickets, where it scratches SONG BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 219 among the dry leaves on the ground. Like many otherSparrows, it scratches with both feet at once, jumping intothe air and digging away the leaves with a quick motion ofthe feet, then brings its feet deftly under its body and landson them. When disturbed it darts into a bush, with a whir. Fig. 80. — Towhee, male, about one-half natural size. of wings, a flash of black, white, and chestnut, a quick flirtof its long tail, and, with crest slightly erected, sends back itscall toiohee, or the more nasal cheewinh, or hriink. Its songas commonly sung may be rendered dick you, flddle-iddle,iddle, iddle, iddle. The first two notes are sometimes com-bined in a deak, but whether dick or the deacon is addressed,he is adjured to fiddle. The last notes run into a trill. The Chewink rarely goes iiito the tree tops, though itoften perches on the top of some small sapling while food is obtained mainly from the ground, the shrubbery,and as high up the tree trunks as it can reach or scratching and digging among the leaves in earlyspring it unea
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