THE PINE SISKIN. 



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Taken at Longtitlre's Sf^rings. 



From u Photograf^h Co(>yright, igo8, by IV. L. Dazi'son. 



SIX LITTLE SISKINS. 



"THE mountain'' AS A BACKGROUND. 



base, prepares tlie Ijird for self-effacement in any environment: while the 

 sulphur-colored water-mark of the outspread wings barely redeems its owner 

 from sheer oblivion. This remark applies, however, only to plumage. In 

 beha^•ior the Siskin is anything but a forgettable bird-person. 



Whatever be the time of year. Siskins roam about in happy, rollicking 

 bands, comprising from a score to several hundred individuals. They move 

 with energy in the communal flight, while their incessant change of relative 

 positions in flock suggests those intramolecular vibrations of matter, which 



