. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. t u •'HI if.:-; 212 LIFK UISTOUIES Ol' J(OUTU AMIiKlCJAN UlUDH. iiiid jii> to water lit iliiylitjlit, in> iiiutter liuw rold the wi^iitlicr in. I)iiriii<i' tlio iiiiiiitli of Aii^riiHt, and partii-iilarly tlic Hi'Ht lialt' oi' the iiioiitli, wlicii llic iiioni- iiiji'H were often froHty, liumlrodH of tlioin I'linio to tlit- s|)riiihiil(tiiii, (kotilla, Af/iirr itiiivtinnid, miv' numerous others, have {j^r
. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. t u •'HI if.:-; 212 LIFK UISTOUIES Ol' J(OUTU AMIiKlCJAN UlUDH. iiiid jii> to water lit iliiylitjlit, in> iiiutter liuw rold the wi^iitlicr in. I)iiriii<i' tlio iiiiiiitli of Aii^riiHt, and partii-iilarly tlic Hi'Ht lialt' oi' the iiioiitli, wlicii llic iiioni- iiiji'H were often froHty, liumlrodH of tlioin I'linio to tlit- s|)riiihiil(tiiii, (kotilla, Af/iirr itiiivtinnid, miv' numerous others, have {j^reat attractions for them owin<f to the iiuantities ot small insects which they harbor. In the more southern portions of their ran^e nidilicatiini comineiices late ill April or the be<rinuin},''of May, but most of thes; early sets are j;enerally overlooked, while the second sets are usually laid alMtiit the first two weeks in dune, and nestiii<i; continues tlirou<f|iout duly in portions of their ranji'e. Mr. Kobert Hidgway obtained two nests of this species with e^';is in I'arley's I'ark, I'tah, on .Fuly 23, 18(!9; they were }daced in willows •••rowiny beside a stream. Nests from diHerent vary considerably in make-up as widl ..- in size. Nests saddled on 'ood-si/,ed limbs, like those often found in the moun- tains of (Colorado, are occasionally almost as larjic aj^ain as others ]»lac('(| on .small twifjfs. One now before me. from the Halpli collection, taken by Mr. William (i. Smith, at Pinmvood, ('olorado, on dune 2.'!, 181)2, measures 2 inches in outer iliameter by lj| inches in depth, while one taken liy Mr. Hidgway, in I'iirh'v's I*ark, Utah, on July 23, 18(51), measures cmly 1§ by 1 inch outside measurement. The difference in size of the inner cu[)s of these two nests is even more noticeable, the former measuriii}'' 1 inch by three-fourths of an inch, the latter threi'-fourths by one-half of an iiudi. While the walls of both of these nests
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