. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Greenish buff. throughout the west, constructing their nests in the grass, bordering marshy places. The nest Is Th7vVv"»'l!''* °'«^«« '" a hollow m The Zund They lay three or four eggs of a dark greenish or brownish buff color, boldly marked wKh ?T"/"^u*""'=''- Size mta-^ush in the sand, lined with dry weeds. Many birds nesting in the colony. ' 226. Black-necked Stil
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Greenish buff. throughout the west, constructing their nests in the grass, bordering marshy places. The nest Is Th7vVv"»'l!''* °'«^«« '" a hollow m The Zund They lay three or four eggs of a dark greenish or brownish buff color, boldly marked wKh ?T"/"^u*""'=''- Size mta-^ush in the sand, lined with dry weeds. Many birds nesting in the colony. ' 226. Black-necked Stilt. Ilimantoput mexicanus. f„.!'.fJ'*®T^!?* *^^^ '"»*• this species Is rarely found east of the Mississippi, but is very abund ant in the United States west of that river A black and white wader, with ex- ' eremely long red legs; otherwise a grace- fuly formed bird. It breeds in large colonies anywhere in Its range, making its nests of weeds and sometimes a few twigs on the ground beside of, or in the "«"»'«»: Their eggs number three or four and are brownish or greenish buff w.„i, ""'"^••""s markings of brownish yl^^i /^ markings being somewhat Anrti i Vr ^''®"- ^•'^y "est during ,o^ m^the southern parts of their K«Te5. mi°'po'^r%ggstew'ona''m^7flT '"'^^- «""'•'-» C»»""- Collector, Evan bavu! ' "**'' '*'* ""^^'"^ ^«^' °° "««• 139 American Avocet Kluck-neckeil . 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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