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. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . tion, indeserted open nests of other birds. The eggs are two to seven, white andunspotted, and average by inches. Napoleon A. Comeau states that near Godbout, Quebec, it has a liquidnote like dripping water. Little is known of its food, but it appears to subsist mainly on mice andsmall birds. In Michigan it is so rare that of course it has no ec
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . tion, indeserted open nests of other birds. The eggs are two to seven, white andunspotted, and average by inches. Napoleon A. Comeau states that near Godbout, Quebec, it has a liquidnote like dripping water. Little is known of its food, but it appears to subsist mainly on mice andsmall birds. In Michigan it is so rare that of course it has no economicimportance. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION. Small; no ear-tufts or plumicorns; iris yellow; bill white; first three primaries emarginateor sinuate on inner webs near tip; feet heavily feathered to the very claws. Adult: Upper parts chocolate-brown, with more or less numerous white spots; underparts white, with numerous broad streaks of brown which extend even to the under tail-coverts; wing and tail feathers with numerous paired white spots, those on the tail tendingto form two or tliree white cross-bars; tarsi and feet buffy, spotted with brown. Sexesalike, but female largest. Length 9 to 12 inches; wing to ; tail to riate XXVII. Richardsons from life. From Bird Lore. Courtesy of P. B. Peabody.
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