. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species, and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations ... . urnished with a clew to their whereabouts,it was with the utmost difficulty that we caught sight of the authorsof the harmonious strains which nearly always greeted our ears whenwe were in the vicinity of their homes (Birds of Eastern NorthAmerica.) Their notes very much resemble those of the Indigo-bird, butlack their energy and are more feeble and concise (B., B., and R.). The Grassquit {60S. EuetJieia hicolor) and the Melodious
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species, and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations ... . urnished with a clew to their whereabouts,it was with the utmost difficulty that we caught sight of the authorsof the harmonious strains which nearly always greeted our ears whenwe were in the vicinity of their homes (Birds of Eastern NorthAmerica.) Their notes very much resemble those of the Indigo-bird, butlack their energy and are more feeble and concise (B., B., and R.). The Grassquit {60S. EuetJieia hicolor) and the Melodious Grassquit{ E. canora)^ West Indian species, have each been recorded once fromthe Florida Keys. 604. Spiza< aJiierica<nai {). Dickcissel; Black-throatedBunting. Ad. 6 .—Head and sides of the neck ashy gray; forehead tingedwith yellow; a yellow line over theeye and one on the side of thethroat; a black patch on the throat;chin white; breast yellow, spread-ing down on to the white belly;back streaked with black and palegrayish brown ; rump brownishash; lesser wing-coverts rufous;wings and tail fuscous. Ad. 9.—Shiiilar, but the head grayish. brown, streaked with blackish, and Fig. 88.—Dickcissel. (Natural size.) with no black patch on the throatand less yellow on the breast, which is sometimes lightly streaked withblack. Ad. in fall.—Much brighter, and with some rufous in the back. L.,6-00; W., 3-20 ; T., 2-35; B., -55. Range.—Eastern United States, mostly in the Mississippi Valley; breedsfrom Texas to Minnesota; winters in Central and South America; breedseast of the Alleghanies now only rarely and locally. Washington, very rare S. K., a few seen each year; formerly very abun-dant. Cambridge, casual, found nesting at Medford, June 9, 1877, where 316 TANAGERS. several birds were observed; not uncommon in 1833-34 (see Bull. Nutt. , iii, 1878, pp. 45, 190). Nest^ bulky, of coarse grasses and leaves, lined with finer grasses andsometimes long hairs,
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