Birds of Canada. 19 



It is twelve inches long ; the wing six inches. 

 The top of the head, and the upper part of the 

 neck, bluish-ash ; a red crescent on the nape ; 

 the other upper parts, olive brown, with trans- 

 verse bands of black ; the lower parts, yellowish 

 white, tinged with a brownish, and ornamented 

 with circular black spots, and with a black cres- 

 cent on the breast ; the shafts and under surfaces 

 of the wings are gamboge yellow. This elegant 

 bird arrives in Canada from the south about the 

 twentieth of April, and returns late in the fall. 

 Nests, in a hollow tree ; eggs, six, pure white. 

 Feeds upon insects, berries, and grains. 



