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place among the . vegetables to the mouths of his 
hungry little ones. 
“ When all the gay scenes of the summer are o’er, 
And autumn slow enters, so silent and sallow, 
And millions of warblers, that charmed us before, 
Have fled in the train of the sun-seeking Swallow, 
The Bluebird, forsaken, yet' true to his home, 
Still lingers, and looks for a milder to-morrow, 
Till, forced by the horrors of winter to roam, 
He sings his adieu in a lone note of sorrow.” 
There are two other species of Bluebirds in the 
United States, both of which are inhabitants of the 
far West. The Western Bluebird resembles our own 
closely, but is readily distinguished from it; the 
principal difference is that the chestnut of the throat 
extends in a collar round the neck. The Arctic Blue- 
bird is a beautiful creature, the whole plumage being 
of a soft ultamarine, least brilliant on the throat and 
breast. It is found as far north as the mouth of 
the Columbia river. 
Perhaps there is no family of the Passerine Inses- 
sores more numerous, or containing a greater variety, 
than the Fringillinae or Finches. It consists of about 
nineteen subdivisions and comprises between sixty 
and seventy species, all inhabiting the territory of 
the United States. It would be impossible for us 
here to enter upon any very general description of 
these birds ; we must therefore confine ourselves to 
a few of the most prominent individuals among them, 
leaving it to our readers to pursue the study of this 
interesting group as their inclination may lead them, 
