. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . hatever be the time of year. Siskins roam about in happy, rollickingbands, comprising from a score to several hundred individuals. They movewith energy in tiie communal flight, while their incessant change of relativepositions in flock suggests those intramolecular vibrations of matter, which 86 Till-. IMNE SISKIN. tlie new physicists are teliinp us alxnit. When a bird is siglite, rcniinIdrinch. There are firstthose little chattering notes indulged a-wing and a-j)erch, when t
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . hatever be the time of year. Siskins roam about in happy, rollickingbands, comprising from a score to several hundred individuals. They movewith energy in tiie communal flight, while their incessant change of relativepositions in flock suggests those intramolecular vibrations of matter, which 86 Till-. IMNE SISKIN. tlie new physicists are teliinp us alxnit. When a bird is siglite, rcniinIdrinch. There are firstthose little chattering notes indulged a-wing and a-j)erch, when the birds arenot too busy feeding. The Icoodayi of inquiry or greeting is the same. Butthere is another note quite distinctive. It is a Ialx>rcd. but singularly jKnctrat-ing production with a peculiar vowel sound (like a German umlauted u),ciiin or -nv;;;. So much effort does the uttcrrince of this note co-;t the THE OF :, RAINICR AS SEEN BY THE SISKIN. Photo by IC. Leon Dim-i that it always occasions a display of the hidden sulpinir markings of wingsand tail. When fired by passion tiie Siskin is capable, , of extended daytime serenade is vivacious, but not loud except in occasional |)as-sages,—a sort of chattering, ecstatic warble of diverse elements. The birdhas. Ijesides its own peculiar notes, many finch-like phrases and inter|K>lations,reminding one now of the Goldfinch, and now of the California Puri)le most striking i)hrase produced in this connection is a triple shriek of theEvening Grosl)eak. sulxlued of course, but very efTective. Tho |)erhaps not numerically e<|ual to the Western Golden-crownedKinglet, nor to the Western Winter Wren, there is not another bird in Wash-ington which enjoys a more nearly uniform distribution than the Pine THE PINE SISKIN. V Siskin. Its breeding range cuincidcs wiUi the (listributiim of evergreentimbe
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