Birds of Canada. 55 



and a-half inches long; the color, crimson; belly 

 and under tail coverts, white ; two thin reddish 

 bands aross 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. 



Chrysomitris 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 



