2 1 8 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



human friends have provided. How neat and 

 admirable their dress ! The male with his black, 

 cowl-like head, and the female in her modest 

 Quaker-like garb, and both with an exquisite 

 flesh-colored bill — the daintiest bill of any bird 

 that we see in these parts. 



The little creature is often rendered quite 

 tame by attention and careful feeding. He may 

 become very much at home with us by the right 

 treatment, by letting him associate his crumbs 

 or bird-seed with our bestowal, and with some 

 soft and oft -repeated whistle. He will soon feed 

 at your feet, and even from your hand. His 

 song is a sweet trill. 



The Junco resides largely, perhaps altogether, 

 in our region during the whole year, but during 

 the nesting-season it retires so entirely from its 

 winter haunt, and lives so obscurely till winter 

 comes again, that it is recognized popularly as 

 a Winter Bird. 



Particular Description. — Male: Head and the 

 whole neck, black ; back and upper tail-feathers, dark 

 gray ; breast, grayish-white ; abdomen and outer tail- 

 feathers, white. 



Female : With head, back, etc., dull slate-gray ; other- 

 wise like the male, but colors duller. 



