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demarkation between the white and slate of breast being 

 sharply denned ; bill, pink, fig. 283. Female, duller. Breeds 

 from the mountains of Penn., Mass., and N. Y. northward to 

 the Arctic Coast; winters from Mass, south to northern Fla. ; 

 south in Oct. ; north in April. Nests on ground; eggs, pale 

 blue, finely spotted with reddish-brown. Frequents the 

 neighborhood of thickets and woodlands. Song, a musical, 

 tinkling trill ; in winter and early spring, a low, more mus- 

 ical warble; note of annoyance, a sharp chirp, given double 

 when much alarmed. Flight, rapid and darting, but some- 

 what erratic. Common. 



2. CAROLINA JUNCO, J. CAROLINENSIS. Differs from 

 1 in being larger, with larger bill, lighter above, head nearly 

 like back; young, more narrowly streaked and darker on 

 breast and sides. Breeds in the higher portions of the south- 

 ern Alleghanies from Ya. south to northern Ga. ; in winter, 

 descends to the surrounding lowlands. 



3. MONTANA JUNCO, J. MONTANUS. Differs from 1 

 in being a little smaller; brownish patch on back ; sides and 

 flanks, purplish-cinnamon; general tinting above, grayer. 

 Breeds from northwestern Montana and northern Idaho, 

 north to Northwest Territory ; winters from Ariz, south to Tex . 

 and northern Mexico; straggling eastward to Kan., 111., Mich.? 

 Ind., Mass., and Md. 



Fig. 283. Fig. 284. 



CC, F, g, 1. 1-4. CC, F, h, 1. 1-4. 



