. 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. PERCHING BIRiiS 4a7. Say'i Phsbk. Sagomit tagu*. Range.âWestern United SUtes, breeding from southern United SUtes, nortli to the Arc- tic regions, and from KansaH and Wisconsin westward. Winters In MrxIco. This bird Is slightly larger than the last ( Inches long), and is rusty brown color on the belly and lower breast. Like the eastern Ph(Bbes they are one of the earliest birds to re- turn in the spring
. 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. PERCHING BIRiiS 4a7. Say'i Phsbk. Sagomit tagu*. Range.âWestern United SUtes, breeding from southern United SUtes, nortli to the Arc- tic regions, and from KansaH and Wisconsin westward. Winters In MrxIco. This bird Is slightly larger than the last ( Inches long), and is rusty brown color on the belly and lower breast. Like the eastern Ph(Bbes they are one of the earliest birds to re- turn in the spring and are abundant In the . â greater parts of their range. Like the latter, they often raise two broods a season, one In April and another in July. Their nests are gencr .fi,i ""'^ placed on narrow shelveH White anj crevices of ledges, but they also nest as commonly about houHes and farms as does the eastern bird. The nests are made of weeds, mosses, fibres and wool, and are quite flat. They lay four or five white ernes 8lie .78 X .68. 458. Black Pikkbk. Saf/oniii ninriiints. Range.âMexico and nortli in summer intu the bordering States. This species Is of the siye of tlie last but is blackish (da-kest on the head and breast). ... with a white belly and under ^â Mtt^ tail coverts, the latter streak- JFT^i^« ed with dusky. Their habits ^^ and nesting habits are the ^ same as those the eastern Phcebe, they building their '.vtilte nests of mud, moss, weeds and feathers on ledges or H^I*nâ''A"'*? '"«' fn having the under tail coverts pure white. Its nesting habits are precisely the same and the eggs 467âIM 28> 19 I .<]. 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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