W I N T E E F I F C H .
Fringiila hyemalis; (Lmn,:)
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- taibít« of this little f indi lead it to extend its summer' migrations farther north peri
« fa r BKkife» of U » i « m OMer, nod it is consequently an Inhabitant of the regions
arctic áeda, is con.mo» isjjfíreetjtend, and has within the last few , ye
«en added to the Fauna of
in the third part of his ‘Maa-.ief M. Temniinck states that itjd
icasiooaliy visits fceLnd, and inaj
considered a bird of periodical passage in this portion of Euroj^.
- t® « tte HoW" * • Rwfc « f a n s little fear of man, and readily admits his near approach ere* in
fine weather, antl m fard weafVr is ’■ in gentle and tame," says M. Audubon, " that it beepmes, as it were "
a ,companion to every child," and is indeed as wcB feiown and as ranch cherished by every person
Araenca as the Robin is in Europe. It »anally lives i» tamil,e i of twenty or thirty, is very je a W o f intro. ,
sion, and readily darte forth to repel the invader. It is particularly fond of grass-seeds, and *»rain and berries
of all hfada. M. Audubop also states that in it. habits and manner, it ranch resembles the Sparrow, resortilm
for Sl.cit.er dunhg cold weather to stocks of corn and bay, hot in line weather evincing a preference for the ,
. evergreen foliage of the holly, cedar, ’
O f its nest aiid eeirs ne&úitf i
bited for sale.
The male has the
blackish grey i secc.
: vhite with a black ¿
The female dilier»
We.have figiocd i
JoxtreiMely
be*l4 í'JÍ the upper wr&t*, eight middle tail-feathers, •
j waKskwh I
i híífiag of a lis'hltj.
dak and leaiiii#; oil
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