. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 358 NEdTS AND EQQH OF the Inside was felted ^y finer material, and lined with horse 'jalr. tine rootlets, grau â terns, pieces of string and two or three feathers. The structk:) '⢠also contained small pieces of moss, leaves, grass, string, cottony substances, and tbf. green foliage of c«>dar,* The eggs are three or four in number, usually four. Mr. Blcknell gives the sites of the three eggs which this nest contained , .,. respectively. The color of the eggs is pale greeni
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 358 NEdTS AND EQQH OF the Inside was felted ^y finer material, and lined with horse 'jalr. tine rootlets, grau â terns, pieces of string and two or three feathers. The structk:) '⢠also contained small pieces of moss, leaves, grass, string, cottony substances, and tbf. green foliage of c«>dar,* The eggs are three or four in number, usually four. Mr. Blcknell gives the sites of the three eggs which this nest contained , .,. respectively. The color of the eggs is pale greenish, spotted and dotted about the larger end with various shades of brown and lavender shelNmarkings; average size . Si21a. MEXICAN CROSSBILL. Luxia vuriimstra Htrivklandl Rldgw. Oeog. DIst.âMountains of Wyoming and Colorado, west to the Sierra Nevada, and south through New Mexico, AHzona and the tablelands of Mexico to Guatemala. The nesting and eggs of this subspecies are probably Indistinguishable from those of the American Crossbill. 52S. WHITE-WINOED CROSSBILL. Loxia leucoptera Qmel. Geog. Dlst.â Northern North America, Houth into the United States in' winter to or beyond 40*. Breeds from Northern New England and higher Rocky Mountains northward. This is not so common a species as the Red Crossbill, although they are both fre- quently found associated in deep evergreen woods. The White-winged Crossbill la resident In Northern New England, and from the Rocky Mountain region of Colo- rado, Wyoming and Montana northward. It is pos&egBCd of the same uncertain and erratic disposition as /.. c minor, and its movements are not to be relied upon; for this reason, It is likely to be found breeding in suitable places in any of the northern tier of States. It breeds in winter or early sprirK, und the nesting is said to be like that of the Red Crossbill. The eggs are described as pale blue; the larger end rather thickly spattered with fine dots of black nnd ashy-Illac
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