. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . nspicuously and uniquely white, withblacks and browns above. Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, on the ground in the sphagnumand tussocks of Arctic regions, of a great quantity of grass and moss, lined pro-fusely with feathers. Bggs, 4-6, very variable in size and color, about .90 x .65( X ), white or whitish, speckled, veined, blotched, and marbled withdeep browns and neutral tints (Coues.). Qeneral Range.—Northern parts of the northern hemisphere, breeding inthe Arc
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . nspicuously and uniquely white, withblacks and browns above. Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, on the ground in the sphagnumand tussocks of Arctic regions, of a great quantity of grass and moss, lined pro-fusely with feathers. Bggs, 4-6, very variable in size and color, about .90 x .65( X ), white or whitish, speckled, veined, blotched, and marbled withdeep browns and neutral tints (Coues.). Qeneral Range.—Northern parts of the northern hemisphere, breeding inthe Arctic regions; in North America south in winter into the northern UnitedStates, irregularly to Georgia, southern Illinois, Kansas and Oregon. Range in Oliio.—Occurs irregularly in winter,—more commonly northerly. THE guests of winter form a distinct category in the bird-mans reckon-ing. There are loyal hearts which no adversity of winter elements (short ofsheer freezing, which is brutal) can drive from our midst—Song Sparrows,Titmice, Nuthatches—and to these we pay appropriate honors. But, after THE SNOWFLAKE. 51 these simple-hearted creatures, who refuse to budge from their native heathsand tree-boles, lack not only the culture of travel in foreign parts, but the dashand wild romance of those who hazard their fortune to the north wind. Whattreasures of choice spirits are poured out upon us when the winds blow rawand the streams hide their faces! Hardy Norsemen they,—the Redpolls, theLongspurs, the Horned Larks, and the Snowflakes. They burst upon us in thewake of the first storm, and set up in our back pastures a wintry Valhalla,where good cheer of a very sturdy sort reigns supreme. In spite of striking differences of form and color a strange similarity existsamong these northern visitors, so that one may easily construct a mental genrepicture—or, at most, two such—which will fairly represent them all. Thus theSnowflakes, the Longspurs, the Horned Larks,
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