. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 176 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK Pine Siskin ; Pine Finch. Spinus pinus Ad. -:-Upper parts grayish-brown, streaked with black; a yel- low bar across the wing, partly concealed by a whitish wing-bar; bases of tail-feathers sulphur-yellow, these and the wing-patch showing in flight; under parts gray, streaked with brownish; bill sharply pointed. Nest, i
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 176 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK Pine Siskin ; Pine Finch. Spinus pinus Ad. -:-Upper parts grayish-brown, streaked with black; a yel- low bar across the wing, partly concealed by a whitish wing-bar; bases of tail-feathers sulphur-yellow, these and the wing-patch showing in flight; under parts gray, streaked with brownish; bill sharply pointed. Nest, in coniferous trees. Eggs, pale greenish blue, speckled chiefly around the larger end with reddish brown. The Pine Siskin is an abundant resident of the great coniferous forests of northern Kew England and New York. Occasionally it moves south- ward in great flocks, and spends the winter in south- ern New England and New f'' York, often in company with Crossbills and Redpolls. An occasional migrant flock or single bird generally appears Fig. 52. Pine Siskin . ° ^ , ^ •,..., in October, and in April or May. The Siskin, like the other northern finches, is rest- less and yet fearless. It occasionally feeds on the ground, and may then be approached almost within reach. It gen- erally feeds on the seeds of birches, and on those of pines and spruces, clinging easily to the twigs or cones. The common call-note resembles the syllables chee-ee given in a husky tone; when flying it utters a note like the syllables tit-i-tit. Another very sweet call, often given by a single bird to call back the flock, is identical with a note of the American Goldfinch. The song heard even in March in the depths of the spruce forests is a rather formless succession of sweet notes, varied occasionally by a screeching note, like the noise made by blowing through a comb covered by paper. Siskins may be told from Goldfinches, with which they often associate, by the thick streaking over the entire under part
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