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     Their flight is expressive of their joyous nature, and as they bound 
     
     through the air they hum a gay 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     l‘heir love song is delivered with an ecstasy and abandon which car- 
     
     ries them 01f their feet, and they circle over the fields sowing the air 
     
     with music. The song has a :anarylike character. and while it is less 
     
     \‘aried it possesses a wild, ringingr quality wanting in the cage—bound 
     
     bird's best eiforts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The BLACK-HEADEI) GULDFINt‘Il (5.32. NIH/1m- [mint/1s), a Mexican speci -' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     is recorded by Audubon from Kentucky, where its oeeurrenee is, of course, 
     
     purely aeeidental. 
     
    
   
   
    
     533. Spinus pinus (”YA-(t. I‘ixr: Sisxix; l’txi: Fixcn. A<l.'—Bill 
     
     sharply pointed, a small tnt‘t of bristly ti-athers over the nostrils; upper parts 
     
     streaked with black, the feathers margined with butl‘y: wings t'useous, most: 
     
     of the feathers margined with yellow, and yo/lme at Mr base; tail t'useous, 
     
     all but the middle feathers 1/1 Now (It t/IL’ b/m- ; under parts white. tinged with 
     
     buti'y and heavily streaked with blaelt. 11.. 5‘0”: \\'.. 2'70; '1‘., 1'90; 15., ‘40, 
     
    

    
     li’eI/1(zI'/m.—-'l‘lie yellow markings in the wings and tail of this species will 
     
     always serve to distinguish it. 
     
    

    
     Jr’rln North America generally; breeds mostly north of the United 
     
     States: winters as far south as the (iulf. 
     
    

    
     Washington, irrenularly abundant W. V., Oct. to .\pl. Sing Sing, irregu- 
     
     lar 1’. R. Cambridge, irregular W. V., Sept. to May; sometimes very abun— 
     
     dant. 
     
    

    
     Nest. of twigs and rootlets. lined with plant down and long hairs. in eonif— 
     
     erous trees. [pm/x. four, pale bluish white, thinly spotted with reddish brown,. 
     
     '67 x ‘46. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Like the American Crossbill, this bird is rather er 'atie in its move- 
     
     ments. and its presence or absence at any season can never be predicted 
     
     with certainty. It resembles the American Goldfinch in habits, but is 
     
    

    
     L more often found about coniferous trees. and its notes and song are 
     
     ' less musical. It has been found nesting in May at. Sing Sing, N. Y. 
     
     (Fisher), and at Cornwall-on-Iludson (Allen). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Carduelis carduelis 1' Limat. Eruorrmx (inl.ttl"l.\'(‘ll. ;t:l.—Region 
     
     . about the base of the bill bright red: crown, and a stripe extendiner from it 
     
     on to the sides of the neck. black: back einnznminsbrown: wings black, 
     
     crossed by a broad yellow band: tail black, the inner webs of the feathers 
     
     tipped with white; under parts white. the sides tinged with the color 01' the 
     
     hawk. L., 5'50: W., 3‘00; T., 2'95; 1%.,‘230.