. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . eir advances are early discour-aged, the boldness of these two will increase until they actually strike theintruder on the head, to say nothing of frec[uent salutations with flyingshearn. At the same time the characteristic cry, krik, krik,—hoarser anddeeper than that of the Common Tern, and lacking its nasal resonance—isflatted by anger into kra-ack, kra-ack. The nests are usually placed upon floating vegetation, or upon bars ofincipient land at the edge of the bayou—never, in m
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . eir advances are early discour-aged, the boldness of these two will increase until they actually strike theintruder on the head, to say nothing of frec[uent salutations with flyingshearn. At the same time the characteristic cry, krik, krik,—hoarser anddeeper than that of the Common Tern, and lacking its nasal resonance—isflatted by anger into kra-ack, kra-ack. The nests are usually placed upon floating vegetation, or upon bars ofincipient land at the edge of the bayou—never, in my experience or in thatof Professor Jones, upon the tops of muskrat houses, either new or vary in construction from the almost imperceptible mud hollow, throughthe water-soaked circlet of retaining trash, to the more pretentious high-and-dry heap, shown in the illustration. The pale olive-brown eggs, heavilyspotted and blotched with blackish brown, harmonize so perfectly with theirsurroundings of decaying and mud-spattered vegetation, as almost to eludethe sight even after being once No. 273. WHISTLING SWAN. A. O. U. No. 180. Olor columbianus (Ord.). Description.—Adult: Entire plumage pure white, the head sometimes tingedwith rusty; bill and lores black, the latter usually with a distinct yellow spot neareye; feet and legs black. Immature: Plumage ashy gray, the head and necktinged with brownish; bill and feet light. Length about () ; extentseven feet; wing (539-8) ; tail () ; bill 4-oo () ; tarsus () ; middle toe and claw (). Recognition Marks.—Eagle size; pure white plumage; long neck; smallyellow spot on lores distinctive for this species. 572 THE WHISTLING SWAN. Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, on the ground or upon loose heapof sticks and trash, lined with mosses, grass, and down. Eggs, 2-5, sordid size, X ( X ). General Range.—The whole of North Americ
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