. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. ^ - ' m fa'-^ w 198 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. r ; li n I- ' w ':| n. Description. Bill very straight, slendor, and conical; shorter than tho head; tail considerabl
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. ^ - ' m fa'-^ w 198 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. r ; li n I- ' w ':| n. Description. Bill very straight, slendor, and conical; shorter than tho head; tail considerably shorter than tho wings, which reach to its middle; upper parts reddish-brown, becoming brighter to the rump and tail; everywhere, except on the head and upper part of the Imcl;, with transverse burs of dusl<y and ol' lighter; scapulars and wing coverts with spots of white; beneath |)alo recKlisli-brown, barred on the posterior half of till' body with dusky and wliitish, and sjiotted with white nion' anteriorly; outer web of i)rimaries similarly spotted with pale brownish-white; an indistinct pule line over the eye. Length, about four inches; wnig, one and sixty-six one-huudredths inch; tail, one and twenty-six one-hundredths inch. JJab. — North America generally. Thi8 bird is quite alnindaut in tho three northern New- Enghind States, and, as a winter visitor, is not iinconnnon in tlie others. Wilson gives the following aeeount of its habits: — " This little stranger visits us from the north in the month of October, sometimes remiiining with us all the winter, and is always observed, early in spring, on his rovite back to h's breeding-place. In size, color, song, and manners, he a])i)r()aches nearer to the European Wren (J/. tro(/lo(/i/fcs) than any other species we have. During his residence here, he fre(pients the projecting banks of creeks, old roots, decayed logs, small bushes, and rushes, near watery places: he even approaches the farm-house, rambles about th
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