. 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 . ised to see that certain writers speak of the immature mock-ing-bird as being similar to the adults. AH those that 1 havereared have kept the spots on the breast until almost four monthsold. The breeding season begins early in May, and severalbroods are reared. 704. Catbird : Gaieoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts dark slaty gray ; crown and tail dull black ; under parts slaty gray ; under tail coverts bright chestn
. 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 . ised to see that certain writers speak of the immature mock-ing-bird as being similar to the adults. AH those that 1 havereared have kept the spots on the breast until almost four monthsold. The breeding season begins early in May, and severalbroods are reared. 704. Catbird : Gaieoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts dark slaty gray ; crown and tail dull black ; under parts slaty gray ; under tail coverts bright chestnut. Length— Range—Throughout the Eastern States. The nest is ragged but well made of sticks, leaves, fine roots,weeds, grass, strips of bark, and lined chiefly with fine is placed in briers or low bushes, usually not more than aboutseven feet from the ground. The eggs, 3 to 5 in number, arerather dark greenish blue. Size^.95 x .70. See Fig. 9, Plate D. These well-named and well-known birds rank high in thelist of our songsters ; their song, which, though small in volume,is full of sweetness, may be heard at almost any time of day 167. NEST OF WOOD THRUSH, WITH PIECES OF NEWSPAPER USED IN CONSTRUCTION Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines 755. Wood Thrush: Turdus mustelinus Gmel. Adult—Upper parts reddish brown or cinnamon, rump and tailless brilliant; under parts white tinged slightly with buff onthe breast, and heavily marked with -round black — Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States, northward fromVirginia and Kentucky, rare north of Massachusetts. The nest is bulky, somewhat deeper than the robins, whichit otherwise resembles. It is made of dead leaves (usually beechleaves), used chiefly as the foundation, weed stems, roots, mud,paper, rags, and sometimes snake-skin. It is placed either in acrotch or on a horizontal branch, usually within ten feet of theground. 3 to 4, rarely 5, eggs are laid ; they are greenish blue,lighte
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