. 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 . d then feigning brokenwings and general demoralisation, uttering all the time a rathersharp and piteous note; the nest is carefully hidden amongst thedead leaves and young spring growth, and is somewhat diflicult tofind. It is often completed several days before the eggs are laid. 75 Covered or Arched Nests on Ground The young remain with and are fed by their parents until fullygrown. The old birds show clearly the whereabouts o
. 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 . d then feigning brokenwings and general demoralisation, uttering all the time a rathersharp and piteous note; the nest is carefully hidden amongst thedead leaves and young spring growth, and is somewhat diflicult tofind. It is often completed several days before the eggs are laid. 75 Covered or Arched Nests on Ground The young remain with and are fed by their parents until fullygrown. The old birds show clearly the whereabouts of the youngby their excitement when one comes even within a hundredyards of them. In the vicinity of New York the nests are finished by May14th; probably two and perhaps three broods are reared, as Ihave seen the young being fed as late as the end of August. In Massachusetts the season is about ten days later. 681. Maryland Yellow-throat: Geothlypus trichas (Linn.) Eggs white, with fine specks or spots of chocolate and purplebrown, the spots not being very numerous and mostly at thelarger end. Nests rarely and then only partly Page 69, Chapter II. 76. Chapter IV Part I.—OPEN NESTS IN MARSHES, REEDS,SAW-GRASS, AND LOW BUSHES IN OPENCOUNTRY 330. Everglade Kite; Snail Hawk: RQstrhamus socia- bili5(Vieill.) Adults—Dark slate colour; upper tail coverts and beneath the tail white; tail tipped with $ and immature—Dark brown, feathers tipped with rusty colour, under parts somewhat mottled. Length— Range—Southward from middle Florida. Nest of coarse grass or saw-grass, either in tall rank grass or inlow bushes among the saw-grass; they measure about a footin diameter, with a cavity three inches deep (Davie). 2 to 3eggs are laid; they are dusky white or brownish, with blotchesand spots of dark reddish brown. Size— x The name Snail Hawk is well applied to these birds, as theirfood consists largely of a kind of snail that is to be
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