OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



BIRDS OF THE YEAR ROUND 



snow- 



JUNCO 



These are the "snowbirds" we all know so 

 well, colored like "stormy sky above: 

 covered earth below," as 

 has been prettily said of 

 them. A flock, appearing 

 suddenly in a field or 

 dooryard, may cover the 

 ground for a time with 

 little moving gray forms, 

 busily picking and peck- 

 ing for grass and weed 

 seeds, then suddenly be 

 gone. They are very 

 sociable, quick to benefit 

 by a handful of finely 

 crumbled cornbread 

 thrown onto the bare 

 ground or a doorstep 

 swept clean of snow, and will sit in the shrubbery 

 of the lawn looking so plump and contented that 

 we are glad to have them as guests. 



11 



JUNCO 



Length 6*4 inches 



