CC, F, w, 1. 



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ually assume the adult dress through a series of mixed plu 

 mages. Breeds in northern Fig. 301. 



and eastern N. A. from the 

 mountains of northern Ga. into 

 the British Possessions, but ir- 

 regularly as to season and lo- 

 cality ; in winter wandering 

 about irregularly according to 

 the foodsupply. Flight, 

 steady, swift and undulating. 

 Gregarious. Song, a Tow, sweet 

 warble; call, loud and clear, 

 also give a murmuring chatter 

 when feeding. Very unsuspi- 

 cious. 



2. WHITE-WINGED CEOSSBILL, L. I.EUCOPTERA. 

 Differs from 1 in being more slender, bill not as stout; crim- 

 Fig. 302. son; wings and tail, black, the 



former with a conspicuous patch 

 of white, fig. 302. Female and 

 young male, similar with inter- 

 mediate plumages, but with white 

 wing patch. Breeds in the coni- 

 ferous forests of northern N. A. 

 from the islands in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, Me., N. H , northern 

 N. Y. and northern Mich., north- 

 ward; in winter south irregularly 

 (movements governed by food sup- 

 CC, F, w, 2. 1-3. ply) as far as District of Columbia, 

 southern Ohio, central Ind., and southern 111. Habits, song 

 etc. much like those of 1 but feeds more, of ten on weed seeds 

 and is even more unsuspicious. 



x. American Hawfinches. Hesperiphones. 

 Large tree-inhabiting, fringiline birds with very large 

 bills, long wings, short tails and legs. 



