. 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. THE SNOWBIRD. 815 muiaio of July ; two broods aro probably rcarod llio nests aro construct«id âr lino ^-rasHes and loaves, and aro plarcMl sonx'tinie
. 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. THE SNOWBIRD. 815 muiaio of July ; two broods aro probably rcarod llio nests aro construct«id âr lino ^-rasHes and loaves, and aro plarcMl sonx'tinieH in a slijrht in a mossy knoll, sonirtnncs in an old stump of a tree or in a tuft of m a tl,i, of The o-ns aro four in JunnlM-r: vary in color from nearly pur.;-\vlntn with rnldish spots, to grayish-wliilo with reddish-brown spots, and hluish-wlnte with a roseate tint and spots of umber, brown, and lilac. Dimensions vary from .70 by ,(J0 inch to .70 by SA) iiicli. The description by Wilson of the habits of this species is so iidl and accurate that I can do no better than i-ive it here: â " ;nâwn spofi(..s, small ^mifi,.ant as it may appear, is by far nu,sf, numerous, as as the most extensivelV .,.,(,..l. of ail f^atlwrnl tribes that visit us from of tlu, North, c.^,.. ,. ihnn th,. cirdc. and [.robably beyond it, to the shores of the (bdf of .Mexico sprea<hn,ir over the whoh, of ,ho Tuitod States, from the Aliaiitie Ocean to Louisiana; Jiow mndi farther westward. I .im " to say. About tho 20th of ,-, thev make thoir lirst appearance in those parts of east of llug weather, assemble in largor Hocks, scorn ,lo,d,ly dili-cnt in scarchuig for food. This activity is generally a ,. of a storm. When snows cover the tluT heoome abnost
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