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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 
( Coturniculus ) 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 
