. Birds and nature . le tinge orwash on their backs and heads. Theseare lesser redpoll linnets. Very hardworking little birds, that usually delightin the arctic regions, we see them onlywhen the severest cold drives them fly in very large flocks, and MissBlanchan says of them, First, we see aquantity of dots, like a shake of pepper,in the cloud above, then the specks growlarger and larger, and finally the birdsseem to drop from the sky upon some talltree that they completely cover—a verit-able cloudburst of birds. The red crossbill is a similar bird to theredpoll, but is larger and
. Birds and nature . le tinge orwash on their backs and heads. Theseare lesser redpoll linnets. Very hardworking little birds, that usually delightin the arctic regions, we see them onlywhen the severest cold drives them fly in very large flocks, and MissBlanchan says of them, First, we see aquantity of dots, like a shake of pepper,in the cloud above, then the specks growlarger and larger, and finally the birdsseem to drop from the sky upon some talltree that they completely cover—a verit-able cloudburst of birds. The red crossbill is a similar bird to theredpoll, but is larger and has the twomandibles of his bill crossed, by themeans of which he extracts the seedsfrom the pine cones. We only see himin the coldest winters, but then he is verytame and may allow one to pick himup, and he has even been known to stay ina cage without a murmur. These are all our important winterbirds, but the robin and bluejay mightbe mentioned althouch they are morebirds of the summer than winter. WiNTHROP FROM COU. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 468 BROAD-WINGED HAWK. (Buteo latissimus.) Jo Liife-size. THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK. {Buteo lalissimus.) And up through the rifled tree-tops That signaled the wayward breezeI saw the hulk of the hawk becalmed Far out on the azure seas. —James Whitcomb Riley, A Vision of Summer. The Broad-winged Hawk has a widerange, including the whole of NorthAmerica, east of the great plains and ex-tending from New Brunswick and theSaskatchewan region on the north toNorthern South America on the nests throughout its range within theborders of the United States. Its confidence in man is not surpassedby that of any other hawk. Dr. Fishersays that of all our hawks this speciesseems to be the most unsuspicious, oftenallowing a person to approach within afew yards of it, and when startled fliesbut a short distance before it alightsagain. As a rule it is a very quiet bird,but during the nesting period it is fully asnoisy and demonstrative as are m
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