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Carolina Snowbird or Junco
Resembles the common snowbird, but is slightly larger and is without the brownish tinge to the slate colour of the head, breast, and back.
Breeding Range--The southern part of the Alleghanies, in Virginia and the Carolinas.
The nest is described as being similar to that of the common snowbird, but larger, and built of coarser materials; the eggs are similar but larger.
The habits during the breeding season do not differ materially from those of the preceding species; the nests being found in bushes, trees, on the ground in open fields, in thickets, and in banks. Two sets of eggs are laid, the first being laid in May.