. Bird-lore . *-^. SPOTTED by H. H. Cleaves, Slaten Island, X. V, The Nesting of Hepburns Rosy Finch By CHARLES STUART MOODY. M. D. With a photograph by the author I WAS not aware until quite recently that the nesting habits of HepburnsRosy Finch {Leucostide tephrocotis littoraUs) were but little known. The birdis so common among the higher sierras of the Northwest that I supposedall the ornithologists were familiar with it and its home-life. Prof. W. L. Dawson,in his most excellent work on the birds of Washington, however, mentions thefact that the eggs have not, to his
. Bird-lore . *-^. SPOTTED by H. H. Cleaves, Slaten Island, X. V, The Nesting of Hepburns Rosy Finch By CHARLES STUART MOODY. M. D. With a photograph by the author I WAS not aware until quite recently that the nesting habits of HepburnsRosy Finch {Leucostide tephrocotis littoraUs) were but little known. The birdis so common among the higher sierras of the Northwest that I supposedall the ornithologists were familiar with it and its home-life. Prof. W. L. Dawson,in his most excellent work on the birds of Washington, however, mentions thefact that the eggs have not, to his knowledge, been taken. That being the case,I will endeavor to state some few things about the bird and its nest; it havingbeen my good fortune to locate at least three nests of this Rosy Finch, one ofwhich I succeeded in photographing in situ. Hepburns Leucosticte is an almost constant resident in north Idaho, especi-ally in the higher slopes of the Bitter Root, Coevu* dAlene, and Cabinet mountainsIt does not seem
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