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tree-feeders — Crossbills, Purple Finches and others live among the branches 

 where they obtain food. All Sparrows are hoppers, a habit which should 

 serve to distinguish certain of the ground -living species, from the Horned 

 Lark or Pipit, both of which are walkers. 



Song. — Though varying greatly in vocal ability, most Finches are fine 

 singers. 



What Bird is This? 



Field Description. — Length, 5 in. Crown yellow; back gray; belly white, tinged with yellow; wing-bars 

 yellow; tail feathers with white blotches. 



Note. — Each number of Bird-Lore will contain a photograph, from specimens in 

 the American Museum of Natural History, of some comparatively little-known bird, or 

 bird in obscure plumage, the name of which will be withheld until the succeeding 

 number of the magazine, it being believed that this method of arousing the student's 

 curiosity will result in impressing the bird's characters on his mind far more strongly 

 than if its name were given with the picture. 



The species figured in February is Henslow's Sparrow. 



The Young Observers' Prize Contest 



Young observers who are competing for the prize announced in 

 February Bird-Lore should send their 'Notes on the Birds of 

 February and March ' to the Editor in April. A similar prize is 

 now offered, that is, books to the value of two dollars, for the best 

 seven or eight hundred word article on ' Notes on the Birds of April 

 and May.' 



