_Snowflake._ A bird of the Sparrow tribe, winter plumage soft brown and white, colour of dead leaves and snow, black feet and bill. Comes in flocks to feed on weed seeds, especially of snowy winters. _Redpoll._ Of the Sparrow tribe and the size of the Chippy. Dusky gray and brown, with long, pointed wings and short, forked tail. _Head, neck, and rump washed with crimson!_ A canary-like call-note. _The Two Crossbills._ (See page 252.) _Snowy Owl._ (See page 295.) _Tree-sparrow._ (See page 249.) _White-throated Sparrow._ The most beautiful of all our Sparrows; a plump handsome bird. _White throat and crown stripes._ Back striped with black, bay, and whitish. Rump light olive-brown. Bay edgings to wings, and two white cross-bars; underparts gray. _Yellow spot before eye._ Female, crown brown, markings less distinct. Song, sweet and plaintive “Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody!” Abundant migrant; also a winter resident from September to May. _Junco._ (See page 250.) _Myrtle Warbler._ (See page 250.) _Winter Wren._ (See page 247.) _Golden-crowned Kinglet._ (See page 249.) _Brown Creeper._ (See page 184.) _Northern Shrike._ A roving winter resident with Hawklike habits, Hawklike in flight: called “Butcher-bird,” from its meat-eating habits. Length: 9-10.50 inches. Male and Female: Powerful head, neck, and blackish beak with hooked point. Above bluish ash, lighter on the rump and shoulders. Wide black bar on each side of the head from the eye backward. Below, light gray with a brownish cast, broken on breast and sides by waved lines of darker gray. Wings and tail black, edged and tipped with white. Large white spot on wings, white tips and edges to outer quills of tail. Legs bluish black. A call-note, and in its breeding-haunts a sweet, warbling song. In common with all winter birds, its movements are guided by the food supply, and if severe cold and heavy snows drive away the small birds, and bury the mice upon which it feeds, the Shrike must necessarily rove.