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limb of a tree. He is very handsome 
with his crest uplifted, with a black col- 
lar around his throat, and with his 
bright, blue wings and tail; but when he 
opens his mouth, like many another g{' 
dandy, the voice that issues from his 
throat convinces us that he is all show. 
Its ordinary song is like unto the creak- 
ing of an ungreased wheelbarrow. He is 
somewhat of a mocker, and he often 
drives to shelter the timid songsters by a 
ery which much resembles the shriek 
of the Sparrow Hawk. Its love call 
is somewhat softer, but it can hardly 
be termed musical. He is voracious, 
eating eggs and the young of other 
birds. 
The Tree Sparrow, the Snow Bird, the 
Shrike, the White-bellied Nuthatch, and 
the Golden-crowned Kinglet, are all win- A 1 
ter residents here, and you may also see | 
in the winter the Goldfinch, the Cross- | 
bills, and the lesser Redpoll. f 
The Tree Sparrow is somewhat longer 
