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434. ARCTIC TOWHEE. 



Differs from last in being grayer above, 

 paler on sides, more white on wings, and 

 tail, streaks of white on sides of back. Great 

 Plains to Rockies, casual in Wis. 



435. GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. 



Wings and tail, olive green; crown, 

 rufous; sides of head, ashy; throat, line on 

 side of head, and maler streak, white; body, 

 brown above, gray beneath. Rocky moun- 

 tain distinct; accidental in Va. 



436. JUNCO. 



Smaller, 6.25; slate-gray, middle por- 

 tions below and outer tail feathers, white; 

 bill, pink, fig. 309. Young, streaked. Fe- 

 male, duller. Breeds from mountains of 

 Penn., Mass. and N. Y. northward to Arctic 

 coast; winters from Mass. to northern Fla., 

 south in Oct., north in April. Nests on 

 ground; eggs, pale blue, finely spotted with 

 red-brown. Frequents thickets and margins 



