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clad in pure gold and the Dickcissel
of the yellow breast, together with
the yellow wing and tail marks of the
Pine Siskin, supplying the third color.
The Towhee Bunting stands alone, a
blending of brilliant black above, white
below, with chestnut sides and red
eyes. The Chippy, Song and Field
Sparrows are typical of the color pro
tective family type. The w’hite outer
tail quills are an index to the Vesper
Sparrow; the same white quills and a
white vest name the Slate-colored
Junco. The white-throated Sparrow
has his name plainly printed under
his beak,and the White-crowned Spar
row writes his in his white head-stripe,
while the rusty brown Fox Sparrow
is known both by size and color.
The Purple Finch, which, as I have
said, is not purple, but, •when in full
plumage, washed with a rich raspberry
red, deepest on breast, crown and
rump, light breast, brownish back,
wings and tail, is one of the notable
members of the family. Its bill is
heavy and round, approaching in size
those of the Grosbeaks, while in body
it ranks with Song and House Spar
rows. Besides having a heavy bill that
suggests the Grosbeak, it has away
of bristling the feathers of its crown
that sometimes gives it the aggressive
mien of the Cardinal; while its clink
ing call-note and way of flying in
scattered flocks, and the fact that it
is with us in winter, cause it to be
sometimes mistaken in the distance
for one of the Crossbills.
One would think that, with its rich
coloring and the fact that it is a win
ter resident in many parts of its range,
this finch would be a well known bird;
yet many people who have a fair
konwledge of our common birds do
not seem to know it. Perhaps this is
because the females and immature
birds, wearing gray and brown stripes,
look so very much like their Sparrow
kin that the rosy-vested bird that sings
in the trees, where his colors cannot
be seen unless you are directly under
him, escapes unnoticed. The change
of the young male Finch from his
northern plain garb to the full crim
son costume is interesting as it is de
liberate, taking two seasons, the rosy
flush not appearing until the end of the
second year.
His Range.
The range of the Purple, or Crim
son Finch, as I wish that the Wise
Men would agree to call him, is east
ern North America. The nesting sea
son is spent from Minnesota and the
Middle States northward ,and the win-
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ter from the borders of the northern
states southward to the Gulf. Its
choice of a nesting location is very
wide, for, like the Catbird, it is equal
ly at home in unfrequented and
brushy woodlands, and on the borders
o f home gardens where people are
constantly present.
In spite of his unique plumage, it
is for his song that this bird has won
renown, and it is by his song that
he is most readily to be identified.
To hear this in its perfection, one
must listen for it in May and June;
foi this Finch has not the enduring
vocal qualities that endear his cusin,
the Song Sparrow, and give us the
perpetual hope that we may hear his
voice in every month of the year—a
hope that is usually fulfilled. The
Finches that have wintered with us
begin to warble a little in late March,
and the same partial song may be
heard in October, after the molt; but
the song that suddenly bursts into
exuberance, rendering him one of our
most conspicuous songsters and recall
ing many notes of the English Chaf
finch, belongs to the nesting season.
It is almost impossible to render the
song of a bird in syllables so that it
appeals to any number of people; for,
as bird music is phrased according to
the natural, not the articial key that
we associate with annotation, its trans
lation is a matter of mood, empera
ment and accord between imagination
and the ear. To me, when the voice
of the Crimson Finch bursts forth in
sudden joyousness, it cries, “List to
me, list to me, hear me ,and I’ll tell
you—you, you!” There must be, how
ever, some similarity between these
syllables and the song, because more
than once, on endeavoring to name a
curiously described bird that I suspect
ed might be this Finch, the rapid
whispering of these words has com
pleted the clue, by the inquirers ex
claiming—“ Yes, that is the way the
osng went.” Yet, do the best we can
to suggest rhythm of the song, the
music of it belongs to the woods and
elds, the sky and sun, from which we
may not separate it. Forbush says of
it “The song of the male is a sud
den, joyous burst of melody, vigorous,
but clear and pure, to which no mere
words can do justice. When, filled
with ecstasy, he mounts in air and
hangs with fluttering wings above the
tree where sits the one who holds
his affections, his efforts far trans
cend his ordinary tones, and a contin
uous melody flows forth until, exhaust
ed with his vocal effort, he sinks to
the level of his spouse in the tree
tops.”
These Finches travel at times in
flocks and are at all times somewhat
gregarious, and this trait has made
them an easy prey for bird-catchers,
and Mr. Forbush tells us that “if a
bird of this species is confined in a
trap-cage in spring and exposed in’ a
conspicuous place, most of the Purple
Finches in the neighborhood may be
trapped. The greater part of the so
called ‘Linnets’ in many localities have
been taken in this way, despite the
law and its officers, who are on the
lookout for the law-breakers. The
birds have been sold in the bird stores
or sent to Europe as red of gray
Linnets. They may account for a lo
cal scarcity of this Finch in some
places where it was formerly com
mon.”
His Food.
The Purple Finch, though, like many
others, it hunts for succulent food,
apple and cherry blossoms in the
spring, has a decided economic value;
for the season through, it feeds upon
orchard and woodland caterpillars,
lice, cakerworms, and wnen these are
out of date it consumes quantities of
the seeds of injurious plants, includ
ing the noxious ragweed.
The Golden Age for May 1, 1913
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