. Birds of South Dakota . 597a. Western Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea lazula.) Known to nest along the Missouri River as far north asPierre. The male is bright blue with wings grayish slate andtwo chestnut bars. The female is grayish brown above andlighter below. 598. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea.) This beautiful Bunting, whose every feather is indigo orblackish, is about the size of a Canary. The female is the Tanagers, they are not plentiful, but scattered sparinglyover their range. They love the edges of outlying groves, andwhere available the male loves to perch on a te
. Birds of South Dakota . 597a. Western Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea lazula.) Known to nest along the Missouri River as far north asPierre. The male is bright blue with wings grayish slate andtwo chestnut bars. The female is grayish brown above andlighter below. 598. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea.) This beautiful Bunting, whose every feather is indigo orblackish, is about the size of a Canary. The female is the Tanagers, they are not plentiful, but scattered sparinglyover their range. They love the edges of outlying groves, andwhere available the male loves to perch on a telegraph wirewhile singing. 599. Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena.) Probably breeds in the western part of the State. A malewas seen along the Missouri River in July, 1915. About the size of the Indigo Bunting. Head, neck andupper parts blue; back mixed with black; breast light brown;belly white; two white bars on the dull gray wings. 604. Dickcissel (Spiza americana.) Dickey, while suggesting a Sparrow, is marked not un-. NEST OF BELLS VIREO
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