. Land birds of northern New York : a pocket guide to common land birds of the St. Lawrence Valley and the lowlands in general of northern New York . L-COLORED; see descriptionshere given. Group i—Birds in Which Red or Orange isProminent (page 16). Group 2—Birds in Which Yellow Is Prominent(page 20). Group 3—Birds in Which Blue Predominates(page 22). Group 4—Small Birds in Which No One ColorGreatly Predominates (page 24). GROUP 1-RED OR ORANGE 406. Red-headed Woodpecker — Melanerpeserythrocephalus. Length 9^4 inches. Entire head red, underparts white (see frontis-piece). 498. Red-winged Blackb
. Land birds of northern New York : a pocket guide to common land birds of the St. Lawrence Valley and the lowlands in general of northern New York . L-COLORED; see descriptionshere given. Group i—Birds in Which Red or Orange isProminent (page 16). Group 2—Birds in Which Yellow Is Prominent(page 20). Group 3—Birds in Which Blue Predominates(page 22). Group 4—Small Birds in Which No One ColorGreatly Predominates (page 24). GROUP 1-RED OR ORANGE 406. Red-headed Woodpecker — Melanerpeserythrocephalus. Length 9^4 inches. Entire head red, underparts white (see frontis-piece). 498. Red-winged Blackbird (see page 33). 507. Baltimore Oriole—Icterus galhula. Length jl/2 inches. Male—Orange and black (see frontispiece).Female—Upper parts brownish orange; head andback mottled with black; wings blackish, trimmedwith white, under parts dull orange, sometimesspotted with black on throat; tail paler and dullerthan in male (see frontispiece). *Chiefly winter visitants, but irregular in theiroccurrence. 16 In shade trees and groves; builds hanging nest,commonly in elms and maples. Has a short andrather simple song, but of rich Pine Grosbeak (Male) Grosbeak—Pinicola enucleator 515. Pinecura. Length 9^ inches; nearly robin-size. Bill large, short. Male—General color red, inplaces mixed with grayish; wings and tail black-ish, wings trimmed with white. Female—Bodyslaty gray and olive-yellow; wings and tail likemale. A tame bird, usually found in small flocks, inwinter in mountain ash or other fruit-bearingtrees. 517. Purple Finch—Carpodacus purpareuspurpureus. Sparrow-size; length 6*4 inches. 17 Male—Body deep rose-red (see frontispiece).Female—Plain, sparrow-like; underparts white,heavily streaked with blackish; upperparts dullbrown, streaked with black, a whitish line overeye. The song is a sweet and varied warble. A stoutlittle bird; feeds largely on the berries of trees, inflocks except in summer. Call-note a low hol-low whistle. 521. Crossbill—L
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