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SPAEKOWS AND FINCHES. 



May. Common. Song, uttered when perching high, two ab- 

 ruptly given, accented notes followed by a prolonged trill, 

 Fig. 281. Fig. 282. 



CC, F, e, 1. 1-3. 



CC, F, f, 1. 1-4. 



'''•Drink your te-e-e-e-e''' \ a loudly and sharply given '"''Tow- 

 hee'''' when annoyed which is sometimes interpreted as '"''Che- 

 ivhik'''' by which name the bird is sometimes known. Fre- 

 quently scratches among fallen leaves in dry thickets. 



2. FLORIDA TOWHEE, P. allani. A little smaller 

 than 1 ; less white on tail and wings, paler reddish on sides ; 

 black inclined to be slaty; iris, white or yellowish-white. 

 Florida. Song, shorter and more quickly given ; alarm note, 

 ''Jo-ree:' 



3. ARCTIC TOWHEE, P. arcticus. Differs from 1 in 

 being grayer above, paler on sides, more white on wings and 

 tail, and streaks of white on sides of back. Great Plains to 

 the Rockies, east casually to Wis. 



g. Snowbirds. Junco. 



Small sparrows with long, pointed wings and moderately 

 long tails ; bills, rather small ; dark, often slaty, above ; white 

 below, adults unstreaked on either surface; young, streaked 

 above and below ; outer tail feathers, white. 



1. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, J. hyemalis. 6.25; 

 dark slaty throughout excepting nearly black on head, mid- 

 dle portions beneath, and on outer tail feathers, the line of 



