1905 | _NatTuRE StTupy—No. 25. 97 
it flute: Peabody, Peabody, Peabody; others, Sow your wheat, 
Peverly, Peverly; again others, Dear Canada, Canada, Canada. 
Closely allied to this, and handsomer still, is the WHITE- 
CROWNED SPARROW, Zonotrichia leucophrys. It stays with us a 
a week or two during migration, is then sometimes very abundant 
and can be easily recognized by its white on the crown between 
black lines, the rich chestnut and bluish gray of the upper and un- 
der parts respectively. The song is low and soft, somewhat like 
that of the Vesper Spatrow. | 
The little GoLpFincH or Thistle-bird (also known as the Wild 
Canary), Astragalinus tristis, singing perchicoree in its undulating 
flight, is well known—at least in summer. It is a hardy little 
bird and sometimes stays all winter in quite northerly latitudes. 
Then, however, both sexes are of a dull olive brown color. 
Similar to this in size, shape, note and behavior is the little 
REDPOLL, Acanthis linaria. It is gray, streaked with brown and 
blackish all over and can be told best by its crzmson crown. Old 
males also have a delicate pink on their breast. This and the next 
four species are hardy birds, breeding north to the limit of tree- 
growth and coming south in winter only and then not very far. 
Together with the Redpoll, like it in appearance, may then be 
seen also the PINE Siskin, Spzmus pinus. Its field mark is a bright 
yellow wing bar. The large red bird often seen feeding on berries 
of various trees during late fall and in winter is the PINE GRos- 
BEAK, Pinicola enucleator leucura. It has a very thick bill, as its 
name suggests and is very fearless, allowing of close approach. 
It is a distinct ornament to city streets in winter. 
Then may also be seen the AMERICAN and the WHITE-WINGED 
CrossBiLits, Loxia leucoptera minor and leucoptera. They feed 
chiefly on the seeds of pines and spruces, which they abstract from 
the cones by prying the scales apart with their crossed bills. They 
are red, the former brzck red, the latter crimson red, together with 
a white wing bar. In size they are like the House Sparrow. 
Then there isthe PuRPLE Fincu, Carpodacus purpureus, which 
breeds a little further south than the last.- It is about the size of 
the common sparrow, crimson or purple-red, the females and young 
males grayish with black and brownish streaks ; plainer looking 
than the English Sparrow. It breeds commonly at Ottawa. 
