. 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. 'ji^mfmfm mm i ii ! ' ; ' I 270 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY, llj i f engaged iu building their nest in the covered and secluded parts of the forests. I found several
. 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. 'ji^mfmfm mm i ii ! ' ; ' I 270 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY, llj i f engaged iu building their nest in the covered and secluded parts of the forests. I found several of their nests iilaced on bushes not above ten feet from the ground, without any appearance of choice as to the tree, but generally towards the top, and placed in a fork. The nest is as large as that of the Kobiii, and is composed exter- nally of coarse grasses, leaves, and moss ; internally of fibrous roots, over which is a bed of the Ibathers of the wild turkey and pheas- ant (I'etrao umhellus)." Nuttall, ill describing tlic nest, says tliat it is " largo and compact, ill tlio fork of a small tree, and sometimes in an apple-tree, composed externally of dried grass, witli whitish moss, and well lined with feathers," The eggs are from four to six in number, of a dirty lead- colored white, and marked more or less thickly, around the greater end, with daslies and spots of brown of different shades. Dimensions of four eggs: 1,12 by ,80 inch, 1,12 by .78 inch, 1,08 by .78 inch, by ,77 Suh-Family "N'lUKOXiNiE. â The Vircos. VIREO, T7/W, ViEiLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept., L (1807) S3. (1 ' â ncapa Novehoracensis Gm.) Bill short, strong, straight; the culmcn slightly curved, th ^ much compressed to the tip, which is rapidly curved and detlectcd; the goiiys lon^ iscending; the gape with short, wcalv bristles; the nostrils hasul, rounded, and e.\, ' the feathers of the head advancing forward on the hill to the nostril; wings varia: -athcr long, and
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