THE JUNCO OR SLATE-COLORED SNOWBIRD 



"A flock of these dark birds on the new-fallen snow is 

 an interesting sight on a cold winter's day, as they come 

 familiarly about tlie house or barnyard. Audubon says 

 that in winter they burrow in stacks of corn or hay for 

 shelter at night during the continuance of inclement 

 weather. As spring comes they begin to sing much like 

 the Chipping Sparrow. They converse together with a 

 musical twittering, and about the first of May they leave 

 for tlieir northern breeding-ground." ^ 



2 "Useful Birds and Their Protection"— E. H. Forbush. 



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