42 THE BIRDS OF 



Junco; indeed he is often one of the 

 earliest indications of winter, and stays 

 with us through the most severe weather. 

 He is gray on the back and breast, and 

 white on the belly and the outer tail- 

 feathers. 



Thickets, brush-heaps and second- 

 growth woodland are haunts of the Tow- 

 hee. Its tail is like the Junco in regard 

 to the outer feathers. The male has the 

 back, throat and wings black, with 

 white wing-bars. The belly is white, 

 marked with rufous on the sides. The 

 female is brown where the male is black, 

 but otherwise is the same. 



That beautiful little bird, the Gold- 

 finch (Plate 6, p. 47), remains through 

 the hot days of summer and through the 

 icy days of winter, but during the latter 

 time he is not the bright yellow and 

 black bird that we are familiar with in 

 summer, for he has changed his garb to 



