Identifier: cu31924090283841 (find matches)
Title: Bird homes. The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co.

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e feathers shading from dark to light gray. Adult 9 — Lacks the black on the forehead, but is otherwisesimilar. Length—4.50. Breeding Range—From the Southern States northward, on thecoast, to Connecticut; of accidental occurrence in Maine, andinland to the Great Lakes. The nest is a delicately built cup-like Structure, about oneand a half inches deep inside, and is composed of leaf stems,plant fibre, hair, grass, and thin strips of bark. The lining is ofwoolly plant substances, and the outside is usually decoratedwith small pieces of lichen. It is placed either in a crotch orsaddled on a branch at from ten to fifty feet from the ground ;fifteen or twenty feet is the usual height. The eggs, 4 or 5 innumber, are very pale green or blue, with numerous specks andspots of chestnut and brown. Size—.57 x .45. The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is an energetic, busy little fel-low who lives in the woods, usually preferring those that aresomewhat damp. He commences building during the month 174
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NEST OF LEAST FLYCATCHER,Saddled on branch of an appe tree. Nests Saddled on Branches of May, and his dainty nest, whicii viewed from below resemblesa knotty excrescence, is dilficult to find. 761. American Robin: Merula migratoria (Linn.)Eggs greenish blue. See Page 170, Chapter Vllt. 495. Cowbird : IWolothrus ater (Bodd.) Adult $ — Lustrous black with metallic sheen ; head, neck, and upper part of breast snuff colour.Adu// $ —Dull brown, lightest on the throat Length—7.90.Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States ; rare in the higher parts of Massachusetts. The eggs, which are invariably laid iii the nests of otherbirds, are dull white, sprinkled more or less thickly with smallbrown and faint lilac spots. Number undetermined. Size—.85 X .65. See Fig. 19, Plate D. The Cowbird (named from the habit of perching on cattle)has, 1 fear, earned a bad reputation for herself, through the habitof laying her eggs in the nests of other birds. Why she does sois not known, but we can

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