AMERIOAN ORNITHOLOGY. 307 



ANSWERS TO NOVEMBER PUZZLES. 



C. uckoo. 

 R. aven. 

 A. Ibatross. 

 N. oddy. 

 E. agle. 



DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES, 



Purple Martin. 



Demure Cedar Waxwing. 



Brilliant Scarlet Tanager. 



Preaching Red-eyed Vireo. 



Lazy Cowbird. 



Social Chipping Sparrow. 



Cheery Confiding Chickadee. 



Pensive Pewee. 



Saucy Blue Jay. 



Pestiferous English Sparrow. 



ROBIN'S DESCRIPTION, 



1. Head, sides of throat and tail. 



2. Center of throat. 



3. Upper parts. 



4 and 5. Underparts except lower abdomen, and under tail coverts 

 which are white. 



6. Ten to eleven inches. 



7. Entire plumage of female is lighter. 



8. Nestlings streaked above with buff, and heavily spotted above 

 and below with black. 



9. In North America east of Rocky Mts. the Western Robin is found 

 west of the Mountains. 



10. Coarse grass, leaves and roots, plastered with mud. 



11. 3 to 5 eggs light greenish blue. 



12. It hops. 



13. Berries of many sorts. 



14. Beetles, flies, grasshoppers, crickets, moths, etc. 



