WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 62, 



Genus: Junco. 



Snow Bird. JUNCO. 



Species: J. hyemalis. 



Distribution: 



A winter resident of southern and breeding in northern New 

 England. 



Date of Arrival: 



Late September in southern New England. 



Date of Departure: 



Second week in May. 



General Plumage: 



Slate (rusty in winter), belly white. Bill and feet dark. 

 Length about 6.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A lively trilling song, a single and sometimes triple call note 

 like " wait-a-bit " and a chuck. 



Haimts: 



Evergreen woods, roadsides and ''stumpy" fields. 



