. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. %. 180 LARK FINCH. The figure given in our plate is that of a male; and the only differ- ence observable between the sexes is, that the rump of the male ia of a brighter color, approaching, in old birds, to a pure yellow. During winter, the Orange-crowned Warbler ia one of the most com- mon birdi -1 the neighborhood of St. Augustine, Florida, almost exclu- sively frequenting the orange trees. Their manners resemble those of the kindred species, though they have a remarkable habit of c
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. %. 180 LARK FINCH. The figure given in our plate is that of a male; and the only differ- ence observable between the sexes is, that the rump of the male ia of a brighter color, approaching, in old birds, to a pure yellow. During winter, the Orange-crowned Warbler ia one of the most com- mon birdi -1 the neighborhood of St. Augustine, Florida, almost exclu- sively frequenting the orange trees. Their manners resemble those of the kindred species, though they have a remarkable habit of constantly inflecting the tail, like the Pewee. The note consists of a chuck, and a faint squeak, but little louder than that of a mouse. FRINOILLA GRAMMACA. LARK FINCH. [Plate V. Fig. 3 ] F/in(/illa grammaca, Sat, in Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, i., p. 139. FoK this very interesting new species, Ornithology is again indebted to Long's expedition, and particularly to Say, who gave it the name wo have adopted, and informs us, in his notes, that many of these birds were shot in the month of June, at Bellefontaine, on the Missouri; and oth'^rs were observed, the following spring, at Engineer Cantonment, near Council Bluffs. It seems probable that the range of this bird ia limited, in a great measure, by the Mississippi on the east. Like the Larks, they frequent the prairies, and very seldom, if ever, alight on trees ; they sing sweetly, and often continue their notes while on the wing. The Lark Finch is six inches and a half long; its bill, a little notched at tip, ii. of a pale horn color, with a sliglit elevation on the roof of the upr, -r niandibie. The feet are pale flax color, tinge<l with orange ; tlio iiides are dark brown. On the top of the head are two dilated lines, blackirth on the front, and passing into ferruginous on the crjwn and hind head, separated from eiich other hy a wliitisli (Mnerenus line; from the eyt' to the superior niumiible is a black lin
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