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ZOOLOGY 



oriole, Tilth less orange than the preceding ; the large meadow- 

 lark, Ijrownish above and ypll<jw l)elow ; the red- winged black- 

 bird ; the cow-bird, which builds no nest, but lays its eggs in 



The Anieriran crossljill {Loxia curvirostra). 



the nests of various small l)irds ; and the " Ijobolink," as it 

 is called in the North, whose song is the merriest of all birds. 

 In the iSouth, whith(T the liobolink migrates in the winter, it is 

 a great pest in tlie rice-fields, and is known as the " rice-bird." 

 It is slaughtered there as a game liird. 



The sparrows (Fringillidae), to which family the English 

 sparrow belongs, constitute a large group comprising over 



