Birdcraft/Junco hyemalis
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Plate 29.
Slate - coloured Junco.
Length 6 inches.
- Length:
- 6-6.50 inches.
- Male and Female:
- Dark bluish slate all over, except lower breast and
belly, which are grayish white and form a vest. Several outer tail feathers white, conspicuous in flying. Female, with a more rusty cast and vest less distinct. Bill flesh-white, dusky at tip.
- Song:
- A crisp call note, a simple trill, and a faint whispering warble, usually much broken, but not without sweetness. (Bicknell.) Song sometimes heard before it leaves in spring.
- Season:
- Common winter resident; late September to April.
- Breeds:
- From the higher parts of the Alleghanies and northern New York and northern New England, northward.
- Nest:
- On ground, Sparrow-like.
- Eggs:
- 4—6, White, peppered with reddish brown.
- Range:
- North America at large, but chiefly east of the Rocky Mountains; south in winter to the Gulf States.