About the House. 



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The Carolina Snowbird is very similar to the last, and so closely allied 



as to be regarded as a geographical race. It inhabits the higher mountains of 



^ ,. „ , . , Virgfinia and North and South Carolina, where it is com- 

 Carohna Snowbird. , , , • t t • i i i i 



junco hyemaiis caroiinensis mon and brceds m numbers. It IS rather larger and paler 



Brewst. than our. Snowbird. The head is colored like the rest of 



the upper parts. The brownish suffusion in the female and immature birds is 



not so apparent as in the Snowbird. Its method of nidification is identical 



with that of the common Snowbird, and the eggs are similar. 



This bird is a western form, but has been taken in Illinois, Maryland, 



„ ... the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts. It is very 



Hybrid Snowbird. ,., . , . <- i • i i i i 



junco hyemaiis connectens like its near relative our Snowbird, but has a browner 



coues. back, with the sides decidedly brown or pinkish brown of 



a lighter shade. 



One of the most sociable birds about our houses and grounds during the 

 warmer portions of the year is the Chipping Sparrow. Its nesting sites 



Chipping Sparrow, i 



Spizella socialis (Wils.). 



are the currant 

 bushes and other | 

 shrubbery of our 

 grounds. The 

 vines on the piazza 

 are an invitation 

 to sociability and 

 perhaps protec- 

 tion, which it often 

 accepts in locating 

 his little home and 

 rearing its family. 

 As the bird is so ;. 

 well known to us, 

 so perhaps the 

 nest is, of small nests, the most familiar 



CHIPPING SPARROW. ABOUT THREE WEEKS OLD. 



Round and rather shallow, it is 



