567. Junco hyemalis 

 JUNCO, SNOWBIRD. 6 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above uniform slate color ; bill horn 

 color ; outer tail feathers white, conspicuous in flight. Below breast 

 slate, sharply divided from white belly. 

 A winter resident in Massachusetts. 



Song. A trill, much like the Pine Warbler's. Call note, a metallic 



chip. 



Nest. On the ground, usually in the open. 



Breeds. In northern New England.^ 



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