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SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



482. BLUE GROSBEAK. 



Smaller, 7; wings and tail, long; deep 

 blue; wing-bands, tawny, fig. 335. Female 

 and young, reddish-brown, paler beneath. 

 Breeds in southern portions of eastern U. S. 

 from N. J. and Penn. southward. Winters 



Fig. 335 



Blue Grosbeak. 



in Yucatan and Cuba. Song, low, but 

 sweet; alarm, a rather loud chirp. Frequents 

 open sections, or among scattering trees. 



483. INDIGO BIRD. 

 Smaller, 5, green-blue, fig. 336. Female 

 brown throughout; both sexes have the 

 under bill blue with a line of black from 



