. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 218 NOIITII AMKIiK'AX TURDS. Tho r'row r)l:u'l<ltir(l iicsts in various sitiiutinns, .sonictiTm's in low l)ushes, iiioii! iViMpit'iitly ill tn'cs, and at \arions A |»air, tor .suveral yt'ais, ImhI tlirir nest on the top of a liiuh fii-tnu', snnio sixty U'vt tVoin tlit' ^'loumi, ,' a lew t'ct'l IVoni niy tVonl (li;i;h narrowly watclu'd Ity un- frirndly cyts, no nne could drtcct tlR'ni in any ni
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 218 NOIITII AMKIiK'AX TURDS. Tho r'row r)l:u'l<ltir(l iicsts in various sitiiutinns, .sonictiTm's in low l)ushes, iiioii! iViMpit'iitly ill tn'cs, and at \arions A |»air, tor .suveral yt'ais, ImhI tlirir nest on the top of a liiuh fii-tnu', snnio sixty U'vt tVoin tlit' ^'loumi, ,' a lew t'ct'l IVoni niy tVonl (li;i;h narrowly watclu'd Ity un- frirndly cyts, no nne could drtcct tlR'ni in any niiscliit't'. Not a spear of corn Wiis innlfstcd, and tlicir fuud was ( \( lusivdy insects, for wliicli they dili- ucntly scarclicd, turninLr over cliijis, pieces ot" wood, and loose stones. Tlieir nests are lar^'e, coarsely i»ut stronirly made o!" twii^s and dry plants, intor- woven with stroiiLT steins of grasses. Wlieii the Fish Jlawks huild in their neinlilioihood, Wilson states that it is a freaiis make use of the .same Hawk's nest at the same time, lisim; in sinuidar amity with its owner. Mr. Auduhon speaks of tindini,' these birds generally hreediui^' in tlie hollows of trt'es. I have never met with tlieir in'sts in these situations, hut Mr. William Hrewster savs he has found tlh'iu nest inn in this manner in the northern i»art of Maine. lioth, however, prol)al>ly refer to tlie var. (tnnifi. The e,m;s of the (Irakle e.\hi1»it great variations in their ground-color, vai viiig from a liuht ''ii-enish-wliite to a deei) rustv-hrown. The former is the more common color. Tlie eggs are marked with large daslies and hroad, irregular streaks of Idack and dark hrown, often i»r(*senting a singular gro- tes(pieness in their sliapes. Kggs with a deej) hrown ground are usually markeit»g. pi. vii ; liinls Am. IV, pi. cp.»:xi (fij^'iue, Imt nut |itinn). — , Hinls N. Am. 1858, 555 (western s}>ecimen.). — ', 352. Quiscalm iciieus, Kidgwav
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