1 6 MANUAL OF TAXIDERMY. 



hunting-grounds of Florida. I found the logger- 

 heads along the borders of the open prairies. 



Fringillid.e : Finches, Sparrows, and Gros- 

 beaks. — These are, as a rule, found mainly in 

 the more open country. The cross-bills, how- 

 ever,' enter thick woods, especially evergreens. 

 The grosbeaks, notably the rose-breast, prefer the 

 woodlands. The blue sparrows, like the indigo 

 bird, are found in open fields grown up to bushes. 

 The snow-buntings occur in open fields and along 

 barren sections of seaboard, while the sharp-tailed 

 and seaside finches inhabit the marshes. The 

 grass sparrows, notably the yellow-winged, Hens- 

 low's, and Leconte's, prefer grassy plains. Last 

 winter I procured all three species of this genus 

 (Cotiirnicidus) on a plantation in Western Florida, 

 securing them all in three successive shots, a feat 

 which has, I am certain, never before been accom- 

 plished. Many of these grass-haunting birds have 

 to be shot as they rise from the herbage to fly 

 away, but I found, by persistingly following a 

 specimen from point to point, that after a time 

 it would settle in a bush, when I could secure it 

 with my repeating collecting gun. 



Icterid.e : Orioles, Blackbirds, etc. — Orioles 

 prefer, as a rule, orchards and ornamental trees 



