. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Brownish buffEGG OF WHOOPING CRANE 0^- <». ^■v^. :» •mis. ■.<■■.■ BuffEGG OF LITTLE BROWN CRANE 100 WADING BIRDS 206. Sandhill Chane. Grus mexicdiia. Range.—Temperate North America, breedingfrom tlie Gulf States, locally north to the south-ern parts of the British Provinces. This is the most common and the most south-erly distributed member o£ the family. In somesections of Florida and Texas it is regarded asabundant. They nest in marsli
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Brownish buffEGG OF WHOOPING CRANE 0^- <». ^■v^. :» •mis. ■.<■■.■ BuffEGG OF LITTLE BROWN CRANE 100 WADING BIRDS 206. Sandhill Chane. Grus mexicdiia. Range.—Temperate North America, breedingfrom tlie Gulf States, locally north to the south-ern parts of the British Provinces. This is the most common and the most south-erly distributed member o£ the family. In somesections of Florida and Texas it is regarded asabundant. They nest in marsliy places near se-cluded ponds. The nests are masses of grass,weeds and roots, generally placed in marshes andentirely surrounded by water. The two eggs aresimilar to those of the Whooping Crane, but theground color is lighter. The eggs of the two spe-cies cannot always, with certainty, be distinguish-ed. Size ; X Data.—Carman, Manitoba,May 31, 1S03. 2 eggs. Nest on a knoll in amarsh, hidden by dead rushes and weeds; a flatloose structure of broken rushes and reeds. Col-lector, Chris Forge. COURLANS. Family ARAMID^ 2(17. LiMPKiN. Aramus vociferus. Range.—This bi
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