PINE GROSBEAK DRINKING 
said in the sparrow’s favor that they are 
usually quick to take such a hint. 
With the coast thus clear, the pretty 
tree sparrow is likely to be the most fre- 
quent guest, with numbers of juncos at 
times, and an occasional song sparrow. 
Sometimes on farms quail will feed 
around the barn in severe weather, but 
this is too good to be more than excep- 
tional. 
Our winter land birds may be read- 
ily thought of in three classes. First 
we may mention the species represented 
by some individuals at all times of the 
year, known as “residents.” In a few 
cases, as with the ruffed grouse and the 
quail, the same individuals are found in 
one locality the year round. 
With most of them, however, those 
found during the warmer season prob- 
ably migrate southward, to be replaced 
by other individuals of the same kind 
from farther North. ‘To this class be- 
long the chickadee, white-breasted nut- 
hatch, song sparrow, blue jay, and downy 
and hairy woodpeckers, already men- 
tioned. Some others are the crow, 
meadow lark, goldfinch, and occasion- 
AT HIS WINTER FOUNTAIN. 
ally the flicker, cedar bird, purple finch, 
red-winged blackbird, kingfisher, blue- 
bird, and robin. Many of the birds of 
prey also belong in this category of 
winter callers. 
The second class are birds nesting a 
little north of us and ordinarily migrat- 
ing past us to the South, a few of which 
may linger for the winter in the North- 
ern and Middle States. Of these the 
principal examples are the myrtle war- 
bler, junco, winter wren, brown 
creeper, white-throated sparrow, and 
the two kinglets, especially the golden 
crowned. 
To the third class belong those 
species from the far North that ordina- 
rily come to us only as winter visitors. 
These are the snowflake, horned lark, 
Lapland longspur, tree sparrow, North- 
ern shrike, pine siskin, redpoll, the red 
and white-winged crossbills, and the 
pine grosbeak. With these belong some 
Northern birds of prey such as the 
snowy owl. 
It is well to bear in mind that va- 
rious species of our summer birds are 
liable to constitute themselves members 
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