50 Birds of Canada. 
and a-half inches long; the color crimson, belly 
and under tail coverts, white ; two thin reddish 
bands across the wings. The female is olive- 
brown above, and white beneath. Its song is 
sweet and warbling. Nests, in a tree a few feet 
from the ground; eggs, four in number, of a 
bluish-green color. Its food consists principally 
of the buds and blossoms of fruit trees. 
Chrysomttris tristis—The Yellow Bird. 
This is a well-known, and common summer 
visitor. Color, bright yellow ; crown, wings, and 
tail, black. The nest is usually built in the 
branch:of a tree, twenty feet from the ground ; 
eggs, four or five, white, tinged with blue, and 
spotted with reddish-brown. Arrives here in 
flocks early in May. In the fall its color is 
changed to a _ greenish-olive, resembling the 
female. About the last of September. they 
gather in flocks and move southward. 
C. pinus.—The Pine Finch. 
The Pine Finch arrives in Canada late in the 
fall, and remains throughout the winter. It 
frequents the pine forests. Feeds on the seeds 
contained in the pine cones. Color, above, 
brownish-olive ; beneath, whitish, streaked with 
PS 
ee ee ee 
a i ee ee Ol 
—_— — 
fi 
