. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH WIHltirAS niifits. iSl height of twenty or thirty feet. It \n largo uud bulky uikI conitructed oxternally of a rough frame of twigs, with a layer of mud, lined with flne rootletu, graBsoH, horse and cow hairs. As many as a dozen nestu have been found In a Ringic cy:.. jhb treo. All the neits found by Mr. Bryant noar Carson, Nevada, were upon the jround, tsually on the edge of a bank formed by an Irrigating ditch, with the exception of one, which was built two feet from the ground uiran dry lu
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH WIHltirAS niifits. iSl height of twenty or thirty feet. It \n largo uud bulky uikI conitructed oxternally of a rough frame of twigs, with a layer of mud, lined with flne rootletu, graBsoH, horse and cow hairs. As many as a dozen nestu have been found In a Ringic cy:.. jhb treo. All the neits found by Mr. Bryant noar Carson, Nevada, were upon the jround, tsually on the edge of a bank formed by an Irrigating ditch, with the exception of one, which was built two feet from the ground uiran dry lulc and well hidden by the growing stems. In a large series of eggs extreme varlationn will l)o found in the fhape. color and size. They are of a dull greenlsh-whltc or gray, with numerous streaks and blotches of dark brown; In some the markings arc very large and of a lighter shade, In others smaller, but bo numerous as to conceal the ground-color. Ten eggs measure: . ., , , :n. l, F*. 511. PuRPLB Cn^CKt.* (After Audubon). 611. PURPLE OBACKLE. Quisralus qulm-uUi (Linn.) Geog. Dlst.—Atlantic CkMUBt of the United States (except Southern Florida), north to Massachusetts. A well-known and an abundant species of the Atlantic coast, commonly called Crow Blackbird. Its nest Is built In trees of almost any kind, usually, hov^-. 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 Davie, Oliver. Columbus [Ohio] : Landon Press
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