. Bird homes : The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . three months old, upper parts grayish blue, spotted with pale gray ; wings and tail blue ; upper part of breast terra cotta ; the centre of each feather buffy white ; lower part of breast and sides terra cotta ; belly Range—From the Gulf States northward. The nest is of grass, placed in a hole in a tree or in a bird-box. 3 to 6 pale blue, sometimes white, eggs are laid. Size—.84 x .62. See Fig. i, Plate C. When
. Bird homes : The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . three months old, upper parts grayish blue, spotted with pale gray ; wings and tail blue ; upper part of breast terra cotta ; the centre of each feather buffy white ; lower part of breast and sides terra cotta ; belly Range—From the Gulf States northward. The nest is of grass, placed in a hole in a tree or in a bird-box. 3 to 6 pale blue, sometimes white, eggs are laid. Size—.84 x .62. See Fig. i, Plate C. When the song of the Bluebird is heard, we who love notthe cold weather are glad, for we know that in a few weeks thefrost will leave the ground and the pure white flower of thebloodroot will lift its leaf-encircled head from the damp, deadleaves of the year that has past. But that is not our only reasonfor gladness ; we look on the bluebird as a friend, one that spendshis summers near us, leaving only when the frosts of late Novem-ber come to tell him that tis time to go south, as food is becom-ing scarce. He is my favourite bird ; and while I am writing of II?. MEST AND EGGS OF BLUEBIRD IN THE BRANCH OF AN APPLE TREE An openrns: was made so that the nest might be seen Nests in Holes in Trees, Stumps, or Logs him, a pet one, but three months old, is sitting on my paper,seeming to wonder what I am doing, and why 1 do not play withhim. He nips my pencil, but 1 pay no attention to him ; then hetries to creep up my sleeve, and still I pay no attention ; so, dis-gusted, he flies off to search for ants or other small insects. Aftera time 1 raise my hand and call ; back he comes like a flash, and,hovering more like a large moth than a bird, he perches on myfingers, singing at the same time a soft little song that is hismethod of speech. Having a bird that is so thoroughly com-panionable makes me regard all bluebirds with the greatest pos-sible affection. Near New York the breeding sea
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