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tips to base. Eastern U. S. north to British 

 Provinces; winters, in Central America; 

 south in Oct., north in May. Nest placed 

 in low bushes; eggs, pale blue. Song, given 

 when perching high, a rather harsh un- 

 musical warble divided into two parts, 

 uttered with energy, ending abruptly, heard 

 until middle of Aug.; alarm, a sharp chirp. 



Fig. 336 



Indigo Bird. 



484. PAINTED BUNTING. 



Size of last; head, purplish-blue; back, 

 green; rump, upper tail coverts and beneath, 

 red. Female, yellow-green paler beneath. 

 Southern U. S. from southern Fla., 111. and 

 N. C. to Fla.; winters, from southern Fla. 

 to Central America; south in Sept., north 



