Till K-THItn I Tf.lt III .\77ffO. 



,-|..-.-i;.ll> |fco of 111.' Ktra^M -;-. i--. n :!..,: ; often doei | I rHM t" the r.inn.-i. l-\ 



preventing the increase of tit.-. \.-i\ -.tuMmm \\ewls. The inill.-t i- ;i \ery favorite artir I of 

 food, as may be supposed from the specific name of milim >. \\ hi.-h ha- (wen given to tin- 

 by systematic coologiste, and considerable Injury ia often done to the millet crops by the 



attack* of the Hunting. 



THE BLACK-THROATED Brsrixo is a native of America, and is rather lem than the pre- 

 ceding species. Of this bird and it* habits, Wilson writes as follows: 



They arrive in Pennsylvania, from the south, about the middle of May, descend in the 

 neighborhood of Philadelphia, and --.m t<> prefer l--\.-l l'n-l<l.i covered with rye grass, timothy 

 or r lover, where tliey htiilil tln-ir m-^t. lixin^ it on tin- ground, ami formin- it of lin', <lrif<l 

 grass. The female lays five white eggs, sprinkled with specks and lines of Murk. Like most 

 part of their genus, they are nowise celebrated for musical powers. Their M hole x>nu < -on.siM* 

 of five notes, or more properly of two notes, the first repeated twice, and slowly, the 



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thrice, and rapidly, resembling 'hip-.-hip. . li- ] , h-.' In their -1.;.]- and manner they 

 very much resen.l.le th.- yell-.w an.n.ers of Britain; like then., they an- fond of mounting 

 the top of some half-u'rown tn-.-. and then- rhirnipiiiK for half an hour at a time. 



"In travelling through different parts of New York and PttmytvMfa in spring 

 summer, when-^.-r I .-am.- to level H-lds of d-j' ^niss. I have ,-on-tanth 1 

 around me. In August they U>come mute, and soon after, that is, towards the beginning c 



September, leave us altoiretl 



Th.-topof the head is gri-.-i.ish yellow, the n.^k i* dark ashen -gray, and 

 red, touched with Mark, the same color ext..|idini: to the uings and tail, l.iit of a -lark. , 

 without the black spots. Tlie chin i* white, and the thn.it is marked with a heart- 

 patch of deep black edged with white. The bn.st is yellow, and a I'm- of the smme 

 extends over the eyes a nd into the lower angle of the bill. The leaser coverte are bay, and the 

 abdomen grayish-white. The total length .f the bird ia about six inches and a half. 



