. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 92 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. ^I. Moielt't, and was (lesciibed from his si)ecirneiis in the Paris Museum by rrince Hunapartt', Mr. Salvin found it a not uncommon si)ecies about Dui'iias, wliere it is fjenerally to be found amongst the tall weeds on the edge of tlie lake. It wtis also found at Belize. From a letter of Mr. Salvin, published in the Il)is of 1859 (p. 468), we (|Uote the following in reference to the nest of t
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 92 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. ^I. Moielt't, and was (lesciibed from his si)ecirneiis in the Paris Museum by rrince Hunapartt', Mr. Salvin found it a not uncommon si)ecies about Dui'iias, wliere it is fjenerally to be found amongst the tall weeds on the edge of tlie lake. It wtis also found at Belize. From a letter of Mr. Salvin, published in the Il)is of 1859 (p. 468), we (|Uote the following in reference to the nest of this species, which is all the information we have in relation to this diminutive Si)arrow: "A day or two ago I found two nests of SpermopJiila iiioirlcti, and took one rotten dried-up egg from one with a voung one in it. Nothing could be more different than this nest and that of aS'. hico/or, so well described by Mr. Newton. That of iS. morelcti, instead of the loose domed structure of S. bicolor, with a large side-entrance, com- posed entirely of one material, is one of the neatest nests you ever saw, — a beautiful, (jpen, tmnsparent nest, composed of fine roots and fibres, and lined with horseliair. It is not placed resting on a branch, but is suspended like a Keed Warbler's {Salicaria arundiuacea), by several small twigs. The eggs, too, differ ; Mr. Salvin gives no description of these eggs. This bird was found a resident during the winter months, and in May also, at Plaza Vicente, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. This is in the low or hot lands of that Gexus PHONIPARA, Bonap. .nullipara, BonaI'AUTE, 1850. (Type, Loxia canora, Gm.) Gex. Chah. Size very small. Wiiiir eoiisiderably lonjrer than the tail, but much rounded; third or fourth quill longest; first about equal to seventh. Tail very slitrhtlv rounded, the feathers broad. Bill very short and deep, but the depth through the base less than the culmen ; culmen but slightly, or not apprecia
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