M O U N T A IN OK, B M M i L E F I N C H .
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• •MOUNTAIN OR B R A M B |i E p f
FriijgiBai
-wjfiwiiiKv name itap.
Stationary, while in
S H B I I 1 1 . • .i,.:-,; .fitly migriijiory. In t m Sirithfo fe&tmfe- rJwt
I p i 0 f ’**"• wlwre it» # 1 1 1 1 » ; at till! end of fie aulinn,, and
H ® m m a e t i f a " t i I p m th e s e a n d « ¿ re8 is
j f l ‘W « « * » latitudes. Although |v v seasmri & * . „ w th
i" ■'''' '? £ ''■ of/ ' “r ,s“ t nevertheless it uinst have been reinarfced that a t I f i f e
| f l S i l “ « o f ™ " W * tind a tu bH e -ln n d s in M s oftc-n i f c j S * , e
f T T b ' h ' " ’n " U“ eraMC AS a m S p « H t a p p e a r ¥ S » d e c id ed „ r e f
“ C om o f L e e ch , o n th e m a s t o f w h ic h th e y fo r lim e suiiaia* M i l ■! various seeds and the
Z I rc; cmi* ”S ™ » 1 “« f .ntli» respects the Cbafflncb i f f i S 3 Line,
tin. tatter , equally typical ,u form, and for b e ,* * ,«1 elegimee it is not surpassed by any
Aithoegb It Is very prnMiIe that a limited number of this species remain to breed in tin
irthei
kScodund, y e t we h a v e never been able to verity the fact. It is said, to in c u b a te , , ® S
sprace, the nest being composed o f moss and wool, lined, with feathers and hair The S I
m m yellowish hrowo, four or five i ~ L—
the general style o f coloniilg the two sexes are similar, the inale b o m
chness and contrast of his plumage, hi yi, rimer the male is adorn«! r, that jportioK o f the plumage M’bieh is itaen l:t-t iV 1(., t
iag-seyson. The male hi«l in the aecomptwmftg H,**». .v
two seasons, both sexes haring Ik*-, taken ¿1» ,* « .,-;U ■ fr, ?ikS[l. ........
i male lias the head, ear-coverts, -nap«,, «ad ntmyiv- ritirt ctf i :■> j ». •
I with yellowish browu.; soojmlkrics -barred fen»!* &; , ,.t.
n , nro.it, oiid chest bright fernsgtnii-jj» hrowa: ;
ish red; hill Mack at the tip, yellow ar the ^ t^ StS i, .
' §Sff| Si Si fells eofoam ‘4 ;,
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