. Bird-lore . hem up again the little one caught but I pushedhim loose. I never will take them again.—Constance Ely Nice (age 9 years,fifth grade), Norman, Okla. [It is commonly believed that all Owls have yellow eyes, but here is a case where theyoung Owls had blue eyes. Who knows the color of the adult Barred Owls eyes?—A. A. BRONZED AND PURPLE GRACKLES By T. GILBERT PEARSON Cljr Rational Hssonation of Hububon ^octette* EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 103 Over large portions of the United States the Crow Blackbird is wellknown to all observers of nature. Throughout its range, with the exceptiono
. Bird-lore . hem up again the little one caught but I pushedhim loose. I never will take them again.—Constance Ely Nice (age 9 years,fifth grade), Norman, Okla. [It is commonly believed that all Owls have yellow eyes, but here is a case where theyoung Owls had blue eyes. Who knows the color of the adult Barred Owls eyes?—A. A. BRONZED AND PURPLE GRACKLES By T. GILBERT PEARSON Cljr Rational Hssonation of Hububon ^octette* EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 103 Over large portions of the United States the Crow Blackbird is wellknown to all observers of nature. Throughout its range, with the exceptionof small sections in the South, it is the largest of the Blackbirds, attaining alength in some cases of 13^2 inches. Grackles are usually found in companies, even in the breeding the northern states they are among the earliest migrants to arrive inspring, soon taking up residence in the vicinity where they expect to remainuntil the young have been raised. They are equally at home in the rural. districts, in small towns, or in cities. Their nests are generally placed in coni-ferous trees, and the groves selected may be in such situations as by a pondon the back of some farm, on a college campus, or in a city park. With equalreadiness they frequent the open fields or come to well-trimmed lawns. Theyare common in Boston Common and on the open places of Central Park,New York City. The nest is a bulky structure made of twigs, feathers, grass, and weeds, orother material easily obtainable. It is daubed with mud and lined with linegrasses. In common with most of the family to which the Grackle belongs, (312) Bronzed and Purple Grackles 313 the eggs are white or nearly so and decorated in a haphazard way with irreg-ular spots, splashes and lines. The number found in a nest ranges from fourto six. So adaptable is the Grackle that if there is no convenient limb suitablefor holding its nest, it will search for a cavity in some stump or tree andthere build the cradle for
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