CANADA BUNTING (TREE SPARROW.) 
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Adult Female. 
The female resembles the male, but is paler in its tints, and rather smaller. 
The Canadian Barberry. 
Berberis canadensis, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 227. Pursch, FI. Amer. Sept., 
vol. i. p. 219. — Hexandria Monogyxia, Linn. — Berberides, Juss. 
This species of barberry is very abundant in Maine and Massachusetts, 
as well as in the British provinces. It is an erect shrub, from five to eight 
feet in height, with triple prickles, simple ovate remotely serrated leaves, 
short corymbose racemes ; yellow flowers, and pendulous oblong red berries, 
having an agreeable acid taste. . ‘ . 
Genus III.— NIPHJEA, Aud. SNOW-BIRD. 
Bill short, rather small, conical, acute ; upper mandible a little broader 
than the lower, its dorsal line straight, slightly declinate at the tip, the sides 
convex, the edges nearly straight, slightly inflected, but overlapping ; lower 
mandible with the angle short and rounded, the dorsal line straight, the 
sides convex, the edges a little inflected, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, 
roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head broadly ovate ; neck short ; body 
full. Feet of moderate length ; tarsus rather short, stout, with seven scutella ; 
toes rather strong, the first stout, the lateral equal. Claws rather long, 
arched, compressed, laterally grooved, tapering to a fine point. Plumage 
very soft and blended. Wings rather short, curved, rounded ; second, third, 
and fourth quills longest, first longer than fifth. Tail rather long, slightly 
emarginate. Roof of upper mandible concave, with thin ridges, and a small 
knob at the base ; tongue narrow, deep, grooved above, tapering to a horny 
point ; oesophagus dilated about the middle ; stomach rather small, roundish, 
muscular ; intestine rather short ; coeca very small. Name from snow. 
