. 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. SLATE-COLOKED JUNCO 159. Fig. 40. Slatc-colored Junco much of the winter, the Snowhird occurs only as a migrant, through April, and again in late September and October. On the higher summits of Berk- shire and Worcester counties, on the Catskills, and in northern New England and New York, wherever there are patches of spruce, the Snowbird is a com- mon summer resident.
. 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. SLATE-COLOKED JUNCO 159. Fig. 40. Slatc-colored Junco much of the winter, the Snowhird occurs only as a migrant, through April, and again in late September and October. On the higher summits of Berk- shire and Worcester counties, on the Catskills, and in northern New England and New York, wherever there are patches of spruce, the Snowbird is a com- mon summer resident. In winter flocks frequent the warm slopes where weedy patches have been laid bare, in severe weather often coming about the house and barn, particularly if seed is scattered for them. In the spring migra- tion they are found at the edges of cultivated fields, and along the roadsides; and in the autumn in more open wood- land. They breed either on rocky mountain tops, where they occur higher up than any other bird, or in spruce for- ests, particularly where there are clearings or pastures. The Snowbird's song is a pleasant little jingle, like the clinking of bits of metal struck rapidly together. (See under Chipping Sparrow, p. 161.) The bird sings often from a stone, or from the top of an evergreen. It has also a smack of alarm, a peu peu peu, uttered when two birds are quarreling, and a twittering sound given when one bird starts to fly, apparently to keep the flock together. The pure white V made by the outer tail-feathers, when the bird rises from the ground, or the dark cowled appearance of the head, as it is seen from below, easily distinguish 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 Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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