. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. INDIGO liUNTIXG. II ated. '1"^^^' t)st lilvc ilu- ';ky-tiik, anil troacbes tin- color to tl'.C nd is usu;illv male reivU'i nches, am*-t Wax to that if ur bees niakf varioi^^s k\n'i>. ..(1 \)y the .'V- b\y nccessiiiA. ,f these in^ i; iheir (lei^r- form nu in*>'»- of New Jev>cy, Uy ^evs arc ) c>:am\)les luivc fccotia, four uc^^r ton in New l-";;- lthvo;\t, other v L,v'' Tht crotcVi; a â ' I hnn
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. INDIGO liUNTIXG. II ated. '1"^^^' t)st lilvc ilu- ';ky-tiik, anil troacbes tin- color to tl'.C nd is usu;illv male reivU'i nches, am*-t Wax to that if ur bees niakf varioi^^s k\n'i>. ..(1 \)y the .'V- b\y nccessiiiA. ,f these in^ i; iheir (lei^r- form nu in*>'»- of New Jev>cy, Uy ^evs arc ) c>:am\)les luivc fccotia, four uc^^r ton in New l-";;- lthvo;\t, other v L,v'' Tht crotcVi; a â ' I hnnsy and bulky affair of twigs, stems, grass, etc., lined witii tine grass, etc., sometimes with liorsc-hair. K^xs. 4-5; while, sometimes witii iiliie or green tint, occasionally with ,1 few line spots uf purplish brown; X This very bcatitifiil and rather familiar messenger of summer, iftcr passing the winter in tropical America, towards the 15th iif May, decked in his brilliant azure livery of the mii)tial sea- Miu, again joyfully visits his natal regions in the Middle Stales; and about a week or ten days later his lively trill in the garden, orchard, or on the top of the house, its chimney, or vane, is first heard in tliis part of New England. Still later, acconipa- jiicd by lis mate, he passes on to Nova Scotia, and jirobalilv to the precincts of Labrador. After raising and training their only brood in a luiiform and more humble dress, the whole fnnily, in color like so many common Sparrows, bi'gin to retire to the South from the first to the middle of September. Tluy are also known in Mexico, when', as well as in the S .ulliern States to the ])eninsula of Florida, they breed and |; the stimmer as with us. 'I'here is reason, Iiowe\(.'r. to luheve that they are less abundant, if seen ai all. to the west of the Mississi. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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