. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. JBiEDS OF Indiana. 979 Nest, in bush, or low down in tree, of twigs, fibres and rootlets. Eggs, 3-5; greenish-blue, thickly spotted with olive-brown and rufous- brown; .95 by .67. Throughout northern Indiana this attractive bird is found, in most places, as a summer resident, increasing in numbers as one goes north- ward. Elsewhere, it is an irregular migrant, some years very Rose-breasted Grosbeak. CBeal.—Farmer's Bulletin 54, United States Depa
. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. JBiEDS OF Indiana. 979 Nest, in bush, or low down in tree, of twigs, fibres and rootlets. Eggs, 3-5; greenish-blue, thickly spotted with olive-brown and rufous- brown; .95 by .67. Throughout northern Indiana this attractive bird is found, in most places, as a summer resident, increasing in numbers as one goes north- ward. Elsewhere, it is an irregular migrant, some years very Rose-breasted Grosbeak. CBeal.—Farmer's Bulletin 54, United States Department of Agriculture.) others, rare or wholly absent. In some localities, where it was for- merly found in some numbers, it is said to be becoming scarce. It breeds commonly south to the Wabash Eiver: "Wabash, Logans- port and Lafayette. Farther south, at Terre Haute, it rarely builds, and it has been reported nesting at Frankfort, Lebanon and Anderson. It is extremely unusual for it to breed farther south, but it has been so reported from Bloomington. Audubon found it nesting near Cin- cinnati, 0., and Dr. E. Haymond thought it might breed in Franklin County, as he had found it there in early June and in August. Dr. Wheaton once found a nest near Columbus, 0. (Birds of Ohio, pp. 346, 347), and Mr. Otto Widmann has observed it nesting at St. Louis, Mo., where it rears two broods in a season (Nehrling, N. A. Birds, Pt. XIII., p. 204). They nest on low bushes, tall shrubs, in orchards and forest trees even, at times quite high. Along the Des Plaines Eiver, in Illinois, they nest in thorn trees (Parker). They prefer to breed in the neighborhood of lakes, streams and tamarack swamps. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Butler, Amos W. (Amos William), 1860-1937. [Indianapolis, W. B. Burford, C
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