JUNCO. SLATE-COLORED SNOWBIRD 



Modest in manner and attire, there is nothing of especial 

 interest in the junco's habits, and only bird-lovers can 

 understand what a difference his presence makes in 

 winter landscape. It brings a sense of companionship; 

 it is a link between us and Nature. The bird's cheery 

 twitter is as welcome as a ray of sunlight on a cloudy 

 day. 



Chapman. Bird Life.^ 



His suit of slaty gray, with its low-cut vest of white, 

 is not worn by any other of our birds; and while some 

 species show white outer tail-feathers in flight, the junco's 

 seem to be more than usually conspicuous. 



Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ 



Little gray-robed monks and nuns. 

 Florence A. Merriam. Birds Through an Opera Glass.^ 



R^eflecting the leaden skies above and the snow below. 

 Parkhurst. The Birds' Calendar.^^ 



KINGBIRD. BEE-MARTIN 



He is sometimes called the tyrant, but the name is a 

 libel. The kingbird is a fighter, but he is not a bully, 

 and gives battle only in a just cause. His particular 

 enemy is the crow, and during the nesting season each 

 kingbird evidently draws an imaginary circle about his 

 home within which no crow can venture unchallenged. 



Chapman. Bird Life.*^^ 

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