. Bird guide . DICKCISSEL. 604. Spiza amcricana. G14 inches. ]\Iale beautifully blended with yellow, white andgray, and with a black throat patch and brown shoul-ders ; female duller. In the middle portions of the U. S. these birds, orBlack-throated Buntings, as they are commonly called,are very numerous, frequenting dry, bushy fields orprairies. They are very persistent songsters, althoughtheir song is weak and has little meiody. In July andAugust, when many birds are silent, they continuetheir plaintive chant even on the most sultry days. Song.—A simple chanting chip, chip, che-che-che. Nest

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. Bird guide . DICKCISSEL. 604. Spiza amcricana. G14 inches. ]\Iale beautifully blended with yellow, white andgray, and with a black throat patch and brown shoul-ders ; female duller. In the middle portions of the U. S. these birds, orBlack-throated Buntings, as they are commonly called,are very numerous, frequenting dry, bushy fields orprairies. They are very persistent songsters, althoughtheir song is weak and has little meiody. In July andAugust, when many birds are silent, they continuetheir plaintive chant even on the most sultry days. Song.—A simple chanting chip, chip, che-che-che. Nest.—Either on the ground, in bushes or thistles,or in trees; of weeds, grasses, rootlets, corn husks, etc.;eggs four or five in number, plain bluish white andhardlv distinguishable from those of the Bluebird; x .00. Range.—X. A. east of the Rockies, breeding fromthe Gulf States north to northern U. S.; rare in theAtlantic States north to Connecticut. LARK BUNTING. 605. Calaniospizii mclanocorys. 7 i

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