very tame bird and will often allow you to come 

 within a few feet of it as it feeds among the weeds. 



533. Pine Siskin — Spinus pinus pinus. 



Length 5 inches. 



Upperparts streaked with black, margined with 

 buffy; wings blackish, margined with yellow, yel- 

 low at base of main feathers; tail blackish, all but 

 middle feathers yellow at base; underparts white, 

 with buffy tinge, heavily streaked with black. (See 

 cut, page 73.) 



A winter bird; in flocks in woods; especially in 

 birches, on the seeds of which it feeds. 



423. Chimney Swift — Chaetura pelagica. 



Length $y 2 inches. 



Blackish; paler on throat; wings long and slen- 

 der; tail short, each feather ending in a sharp 

 point. 



This is the mis-called Chimney "Swallow" — 

 the bird so often seen flying about singly or in 

 pairs or trios; a singular looking bird, suggesting 

 as it sails chattering by, a toy aeroplane, with its 

 long stiff wings and bobbin-like body. 



697. American Pipit — Anthus rubescens. 



Length 6-y& inches. 



Outer tail-feather largely white, next ones with 

 less white; upperparts grayish brown; wing- 

 coverts light-tipped; pale line over eye; buffy be- 

 low; breast and sides streaked with blackish. 



During their migrations you may find Titlarks, 

 as they are also called, in waste fields, pastures or 

 in plowed ground. Their white partially-tipped 

 tails as they walk or fly, and their wagging tails 

 as thev stand, will serve to identify them. 



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