. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 480 NESra AND Eoas OF. 4 « European Nuthatch, Sittacieia; in cut resembling our Brown-headed Nut'iiatcb. (Prom Brebm.) this species in the cavity of a stump in a pond. It was two feet from the surface of the waten Mr. C. S. Brimley found eggs of this species near Raleigli, North Carolina, in the month of April. Mr. Wayne says that the birds dig several holes before a satisfactory one is completed for the nest. The cavity extends downward from eight to twelv? inches, and is filled with short pieces
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 480 NESra AND Eoas OF. 4 « European Nuthatch, Sittacieia; in cut resembling our Brown-headed Nut'iiatcb. (Prom Brebm.) this species in the cavity of a stump in a pond. It was two feet from the surface of the waten Mr. C. S. Brimley found eggs of this species near Raleigli, North Carolina, in the month of April. Mr. Wayne says that the birds dig several holes before a satisfactory one is completed for the nest. The cavity extends downward from eight to twelv? inches, and is filled with short pieces of grass, bits of cotton, wool, feathers, and the leaf-like substance of "pine seed ; The eggs are five or six in num- ber. The ground-color varies from white through creamy-white, to a dull white, and the markings are several shades of reddish-brown and lavender-gray. The average size is . ^ i 1 730. PYGMY NUTHATCH. Sitta pygmtra Vig. Geog. Dist.—Western United States east to and including the Rocky Mountains; from the northern boundary aouth into mountainous districts of Mexico. This diminutive Nuthatch is found throughout Western United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. It is abundant, chiefly in pine woods in mountain- ous districts, nesting like the rest of the genus in holes of trees. Mr. Charles F. Morrison gives it as a common species of La Plata county, Colorado, and is resident up to 10,000 feet; breeds abundantly, but the nest is hard to find. The eggs are from six to nine in number. They are crystalline white, speckled more or less thickly with brick-red, varying in intensity in different specimens. The average size of eighteen specimens is . 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. Columbus [Ohio] : Landon Press
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