. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 348 NESTS AND EGOS OF. 506. Orchard Oriole and Nest (After Audu^OD). masterpiece of workmanship, which, with its bill, it weaves and suspends like a hammock from the drooping bough of an elm or sycamore, in dense foliage. The nest is pensile and nearly a cylindrical pouch, suspended from the extremity of a branch. The distance from the ground varies from four to seventy feet. Any sub- stance combining the proper length, thickness and strength is used in the construc- tion of its nest, consequently the materials depend to a great extent up
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 348 NESTS AND EGOS OF. 506. Orchard Oriole and Nest (After Audu^OD). masterpiece of workmanship, which, with its bill, it weaves and suspends like a hammock from the drooping bough of an elm or sycamore, in dense foliage. The nest is pensile and nearly a cylindrical pouch, suspended from the extremity of a branch. The distance from the ground varies from four to seventy feet. Any sub- stance combining the proper length, thickness and strength is used in the construc- tion of its nest, consequently the materials depend to a great extent upon the locality —long grasses, strips of bark, vegetable fibres, yarns, wrapping twine, horse and cow hairs, rags, paper and other substances that are readily accessible. The nest repre- sented in our illustration is takeni from a typical specimen which I took from the branches of a sycamore in Franklin county, Ohio, May 23, 1884; other specimens in my collection are not so elaborately made. The number of eggs laid ranges from four to six. The ground-color is white, with a slight roseate tinge when fresh, fad- ing into a bluish tint when blown, marked with blotches, lines, scrawls, and the usual hieroglyphics common to eggs of this genus, irregularly distributed over the surface, usually thickest about the larger end, forming a wreath. A set of five. 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; Davie, Oliver. Egg check list of North American birds. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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