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upper back yellowish drab black above, white below; notched; crown black; forehead yellow; neck dusky; bill large and strong; yellow; primaries black; streak across them white; secondaries white; legs, very short; track about the size of a bluejay's. It hops. One flew up and settled in an old English Sparrow's nest and squatted down out of the wind.

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flock were bright males. One or two others were turning the rest were females and young. They were dusky where the males were yellow.

They went on the ground and fed on seeds. They showed the white on the wings while flying. They were very pretty.

I then went into the Hotel to get warm. When I came out the one in the nest was still there.