hair for my compass-sight, | must go to the stable ; but the Hair-bird, with her sharp eyes, 
goes to the road.” 
Chippy is notably a bird fond of man’s society ; at least he finds in the neighborhood 
of gardens, human habitations and domestic animals the shelter, food and building 
materials best suited to his wants. 
He is one of the first of the birds to come, and among the last to go, and his constant 
presence about the door-yard in the garden lends more of homeliness and comfort to 
rural dwellings than he is apt to gain credit for. His note is a trill of considerable duration, 
suggestive of the sound of the cicada ; certainly not a beautiful song, but because of 
familiarity and association, one whose loss would be deplored. 
PLATE XXXII.—SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. JUNCO. SNOWBIRD. 
Junco hyemalis. 
Head, neck and back slaty-black, darkest on the head ; wings and 
tail dark brown, the latter nearly even and with white outside feathers ; 
bill and legs dark. Length, 6.25 inches. 
Migratory. Common through the winter months, coming from the north late in 
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