. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Hi* 202 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOOY. April, and soniotimcs is scon by tlio first wook in that nKjntli. In its lialtits, it rcHcinlilcs 1m)|1i tlio ('rocjxM'H and Wurl
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Hi* 202 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOOY. April, and soniotimcs is scon by tlio first wook in that nKjntli. In its lialtits, it rcHcinlilcs 1m)|1i tlio ('rocjxM'H and Wurl^; niovin<«; about (lu! bodies and linii)s of tri'os witli tlu) ease of tlio fornior, and glcaninj; anionjrst tlio foliaj^c; tlio insect hosts lilvo tiio hitter. 1 liavo sonuitinios soon it soizo a. liyinjj^ insect wliile on the wing, althongii this must havo been a departure I'roni its general hal»its. 'Die song of the male during Uu; nuiting season is a sort of lisping rendition of the syllabltjs vlirvhrc, trlu'rhce, fc/u'chee, whechee, uttered at first loud, and gradually weak- ening to a subdued note, like ihM. At other times, it has only a faint chirp or chink, which is uttered l)y both sexes. About the 10th of iMay, after the birds have paired, they commence building the nest: this, Audubon says, in Louis- iana " is usually placed in some small hole in a tree, and is composed of mosses in a dry stat(;, and lined with cottony ; In New England, it is almost always built, or rather placed, on the ground ; the situation is chosen usually beneath an overhanging point of rcjck, or beneath a fallen Iruidc of a tree: it is made of mosses, straw, leaves, and other soft materials, and is lined with cotton from ferns, soft grass, or hair. The eggs are laid by the middle of May. They are usually four or five in number; their color is white, with a slight cream tinge; and thoy arc spotted irregularly with fine dots and confluent blotches of reddish- bro
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