PART III. 



RICE BIRDS. Dolichonices. 



CHAPTER I. 



REED-BIRD, OR RICE BUNTING. Dolicho- 

 nyx oryzivora. 



THIS interesting and vivaceous song- 

 ster, so well and familiarly known to the 

 epicure by its title of "Reed, or Butter- 

 bird," but more so to the residents of our 

 extensive tract of country from the sin- 

 gular nickname of "Bob-O-Link," being 

 given alike to itself and the favourite note 

 he utters, is an inhabitant during the sum- 

 mer and fall months of the entirety of our 

 continent. 



When he first arrives in the spring, he 

 takes up his quarters on the low and 



