. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 124 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. ing season in the latter part of June. Even then they will be seen ia numbers in favorite cherry trees, but they come and go as individuals^ and not in a flock. Their nest is constructed of weeds, grasses, root^ lets and moss skillfully interwoven, and is lined with fine grasses. In favorable localities they seem- to prefer to place the nest in an apple tree, and in New England at least, I have seen ten in an apple orchard to one in any other kind of a tree. Although nearly as large as a Robin's nest it is not nearly as ea
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 124 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. ing season in the latter part of June. Even then they will be seen ia numbers in favorite cherry trees, but they come and go as individuals^ and not in a flock. Their nest is constructed of weeds, grasses, root^ lets and moss skillfully interwoven, and is lined with fine grasses. In favorable localities they seem- to prefer to place the nest in an apple tree, and in New England at least, I have seen ten in an apple orchard to one in any other kind of a tree. Although nearly as large as a Robin's nest it is not nearly as easy to see, for they seem to be more skillful in concealing them with overhanging leaves. Their manners during the nesting period are of unusual interest, because of the differ- ences they present from those of other birds. On June 15th of last year a Cedar Bird was observed gathering cob- webs from a caterpillar's nest. This she carried to a lone apple tree standing in a large meadow and only a short distance from one of the boundary walls. No investigation was made at the time, but a note was taken for future reference, and on June 30th an examination of the tree revealed a typical Cherry-bird's nest containing four eggs. The. Fig. 3- Photo from life. 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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