. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Range.—Breeds in the Arctic regions, and winters irregularly in large flocksthrough the United States to Oregon, Kansasand Georgia. are only seen in the United States in large roving flocks, during the winter when they feed on weed seeds on side hills. Their nests are built on the ground, being sunk into the spagnum moss, and made of grasses lined with feathers. Their four or fiveeggs are a light greenish white, spotted andsplashed with yello
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Range.—Breeds in the Arctic regions, and winters irregularly in large flocksthrough the United States to Oregon, Kansasand Georgia. are only seen in the United States in large roving flocks, during the winter when they feed on weed seeds on side hills. Their nests are built on the ground, being sunk into the spagnum moss, and made of grasses lined with feathers. Their four or fiveeggs are a light greenish white, spotted andsplashed with yellowish brown and lilac. x .65. These birds Greenish whiti 534a. Pribilof Snow nivalis townsendi. Plectro- Range.—Pribilof and Aleutian Islands. Alaska. A slightly larger variety which is residenton the islands in its range. Eggs like thoseof the preceding; laid from May to July. 332. Snowflake PERCHING BIRDS 535. McKays Snow Bunting. Pletrophenax hyperboreus. Range.—Western Alaska; known to breed on Halfs Island. This beautiful species is, in summer, entirely white except for the tips of theprimaries and a black spot on end of central tail feathers, thus being very dis-tinct from the preceding, which has the back and the wings to a greater extentblack, at this season. Their eggs probably very closely resemble those of thelast species. 536. Lapland Longspur. Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus. Range.—Breeds in northern North America; winters southcasually to New York, Ohio and Oregon and occasionally farther. These sparrow-like birds are inches long and have a blackcrown, cheeks and throat, and chestnut band on nape. Like theSnowflakes they nest on the ground in moss, but the four to sixeggs that they lay are grayish, heavily mottled and blotched withchocolate brown; size .80 x .60.
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