. 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. r ;i f THE SNOW BUNTINO. 299 early in December, or with the first heavy ., partioularlv if nftc by bi , inds. They are usually the S W^r dtsc .1,0,
. 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. r ;i f THE SNOW BUNTINO. 299 early in December, or with the first heavy ., partioularlv if nftc by bi , inds. They are usually the S W^r dtsc .1,0,1. munbers with the increasing severity of weather, and .h,,th of snow. of then. reach as far south as the of ; and the whiteness of ; P ,e .s to be greatest the depth of wint Ihey oyer the a,.d the of t^I^ o , close, bodies, ab most .n a w .d; near the , bu s dom , being a rovi,.g, restless bird. L. these plent A 1 | . , is ab,.,.,lant, thoy hold out ,.o to the spo,. or hunter; a,.d, except the few caught by boys m , no attction is to They a'r t"Z"' ''r'f'"'"'"?''"'''' '"'â â¢â¢'"'--â¢â ^ "f ---01.; One of the ...ast .ntell, and expert hunters, who accompanied and their expeditio,. to the Pacitic Ocean, me_ that he has ..o recollectio,. of seeing these birds in a" part of ,.ot even amo,.g the bleak snowy . of the S ,,ny ; though the little blue one was hi abundance. Ihe Snow Iâ.nt.,.g derives a part of its food from the seeds ot , which may be one reaso,. for its these remote northern cou,.tries, so
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