. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 338 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. Mfii- !:[ii 1 r' ; I U' \4\iv\. â â I from Lake Ontario to the sea; in all of which places, north of Pennsylvania, they remain (hiri
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 338 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. Mfii- !:[ii 1 r' ; I U' \4\iv\. â â I from Lake Ontario to the sea; in all of which places, north of Pennsylvania, they remain (hiring the summer, building, and rear- ing their young. The nest is fixed in the ground, generally iu a field of grass: the outside is comi^sed of dry leaves and coarse grass; the inside is lined with fine stalks of the same, laid in con- siderable quantity. The female lays five eggs of a bluish-white, marked with numerous irregular spots of bhiekish-brown. The song of the male, while the female is sitting, is singular, and very agreeable. Mounting and hovering on wing at a small hei<rlit libove the field, he chants out such a jingling medley of short, variable notes, uttered with such seeming confusion and rapidity, and continued for a considerable time, that it appears as if half a dozen birds of different kinds were all singing together. Some idea may be formed of this song by striking the high keys of a piano-forte at random singly and quickly, making as many sudden contrasts of high and low notes as possible. Many of the tones are, in tliemselves, charming; but they succeed each other so rap- idly that the ear can hardly separate them. Nevertheless, the general effect is good; and, wlu'u ten or twelve are all sin<Tin<r on tlie same tree, the concert is singularly pleasing. I kept one of these birds for a long time, to observe its change of color. Durin-r the whole of April, May, and June, it sang almost continuullv. In the month of June, the color of the male begi
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