. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN M1RU8. 231. 362. The Caracara (Fiuui Brebm). incubate. Two or three eggs are laid, and they are noted for the beauty of tkeir coloration. On a ground color varying from light and dark cinnamon to reddish and umber-brown, are specks, spots, blotches and cloudings of yellowish or reddish- brown, bright chestnut, umber or claret-brown. The markings are variously dis- tributed over the surface; in some specimens they are dispersed over the entire egg, while in others scattering or more abundant at the smaller or greater half; o
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN M1RU8. 231. 362. The Caracara (Fiuui Brebm). incubate. Two or three eggs are laid, and they are noted for the beauty of tkeir coloration. On a ground color varying from light and dark cinnamon to reddish and umber-brown, are specks, spots, blotches and cloudings of yellowish or reddish- brown, bright chestnut, umber or claret-brown. The markings are variously dis- tributed over the surface; in some specimens they are dispersed over the entire egg, while in others scattering or more abundant at the smaller or greater half; occasional specimens are found almost entirely unmarked. The sizes vary from to In length by to in breadth. 363. GUADAIiUFE CABACABA. Polyborvs hitosus Ridgw.—Geog. Dist— Guadalupe Island, Lower California. This is a much paler and browner colored species than the preceding. It was and possibly is a resident of Guadalupe all accounts its general habits are the same as those of Audubon's Caracara, and there is probably little difference in its nesting and eggs. 864. AKEBICAN OSFBEY. Pandion lialicctus caroUneTisis (Gmel.) Geog Diet.—Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Alaska and Hudson Bay south ti/ West Indies and Northern South 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 Davie, Oliver; Davie, Oliver. Egg check list of North American birds. Philadelphia, D. McKay
Size: 1701px × 1469px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordavi, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectbirds
