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SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. 



567. J unco hy emails. 6^ inches. 



These are one of our most common winter birds, easily 

 recognized, while perching or on the ground, by the 

 white or pinkish bill, and when flying by the white outer 

 tail feathers and the gray and white plumage. They are 

 very common about houses as well as on the edges of 

 woods and in pine groves, being very tame and coming 

 into the dooryard to feed upon crumbs or chaff which ia 

 often thrown out for them. 



Song". — A sweet simple trill, which has a beautiful 

 effect when given by a whole flock in unison. 



Nest. — Of grasses, on the ground, usually beside 

 a stone, in a bunch of weeds or under a small shrub, 

 where it is well concealed. The three or four eggs are 

 whitish, sprinkled with reddish brown (.75x.55). 



Range. — Eastern N. A., breeding from the northern 

 parts of the northern tier of states northward; winters 

 south to the Gulf. 



Sub-species. — o67e. Carolina Junco (carolinensis), 

 found in the Alleghanies from Virginia to Georgia; 

 there are several races found west of the Rockies. 



