. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 298 THE BIRD BOOK CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. Family CORVID^. ■iTS. Magpie. Pica pica hudsonia. Range.—Western North Araerica from theGreat Plains to the Pacific and from Alaskato Arizona and New Mexico. These large handsome birds have the entirehead, neck and breast velvety black, abruptlydefined against thewhite back, wings andtail are greenish orbluish black, and thescapulars, white;length of bird 20inches. They are wellknown
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 298 THE BIRD BOOK CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. Family CORVID^. ■iTS. Magpie. Pica pica hudsonia. Range.—Western North Araerica from theGreat Plains to the Pacific and from Alaskato Arizona and New Mexico. These large handsome birds have the entirehead, neck and breast velvety black, abruptlydefined against thewhite back, wings andtail are greenish orbluish black, and thescapulars, white;length of bird 20inches. They are wellknown throughoutthe west, where their Grayish whilebold and thievish habits always excite com-ment. They nest in bushes and trees at low-elevations from the ground, making a verylarge nest of sticks, with an opening on theside, and the interior is made of weeds andmud, lined with fine grasses; these nests oftenreach a diameter of three feet and are made oflarge sticks. During April or May, they lay from four to eight grayisheggs, plentifully spotted with brown and drab. Size x .
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