. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Greenish that In anyspring,. .I;i.\- Range.—North America, east of the Plainsand north to Hudson Bay; resident and veryabundant in its United States range. _,_^_ These beautiful and bold maurauders are toowell known to need de-scription, suffice it tosay that they are themost beautiful of NorthAmerican Jays; but be-neath their handsomeplumage beats a heart^^ as cruel and cunning as bird of prey. In the fall, winterand spring, their food c
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Greenish that In anyspring,. .I;i.\- Range.—North America, east of the Plainsand north to Hudson Bay; resident and veryabundant in its United States range. _,_^_ These beautiful and bold maurauders are toowell known to need de-scription, suffice it tosay that they are themost beautiful of NorthAmerican Jays; but be-neath their handsomeplumage beats a heart^^ as cruel and cunning as bird of prey. In the fall, winterand spring, their food consists largely ofacorns, chestnuts, berries, seeds, grain, insects,lizards, etc., but during the summer monthsthey destroy and devour a great many eggs andyoung of the smaller birds, their taste forwhich, being so great that they are known towatch a nest until the full complement of eggsis laid before making their theft. They nest m open woods or clumps of trees, indifferently, in pines Or young trees, build-ing most often below twenty feet from the ground; the nests are made of twigsand rootlets, lined with fine rootlets. During May they lay from four to sixeggs of a gre
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