. 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 . uff brown and black ; under partssame colours, barred ; ear-tufts two inches long ; feet andlegs feathered. Length — 5, Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States. The nest is a large structure of sticks, leaves, bark, andfeathers, placed usually in a coniferous tree ; very often a squir-rels, crows, or hawks nest is used. Sometimes the nest is in ahole in a tree, and rarely amongst rocks. 2 to 3 (Minot gives thelimit as
. 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 . uff brown and black ; under partssame colours, barred ; ear-tufts two inches long ; feet andlegs feathered. Length — 5, Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States. The nest is a large structure of sticks, leaves, bark, andfeathers, placed usually in a coniferous tree ; very often a squir-rels, crows, or hawks nest is used. Sometimes the nest is in ahole in a tree, and rarely amongst rocks. 2 to 3 (Minot gives thelimit as 4) white eggs are laid. Size— x These large feathered prowlers of the night roam through thedarkened forests in search of birds and small animals, upon whichthey prey ; neither do they scorn to enter the barn-yard, andmany a chicken is taken to satisfy their own appetite or to feedtheir hungry owlets. Their dismal hooting is one of the mostuncanny sounds heard during the night; to thoroughly appre-ciate it one should be alone in the woods, when it brings up byno means pleasing thoughts. The nesting season begins towards the end of February. 130. ;
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