. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE IXDIO > IJL'XTING. emphatic that the inquisitor believes himself "hot" when he may Lie a dozen yards away. As a result the nest is rather hard to find; and the number found in a season's nesting will he out of all proportion to the abundance of the birds. The nests, while usually bulk\-. are models of neatness and strength. Dead leaves and grasses make up its mass, and there is a copious lining of fine grasses with an admixture of horse-hair. Often
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE IXDIO > IJL'XTING. emphatic that the inquisitor believes himself "hot" when he may Lie a dozen yards away. As a result the nest is rather hard to find; and the number found in a season's nesting will he out of all proportion to the abundance of the birds. The nests, while usually bulk\-. are models of neatness and strength. Dead leaves and grasses make up its mass, and there is a copious lining of fine grasses with an admixture of horse-hair. Often two, and sometimes three, broods are raised in a season. The eggs are of a beauti- ful pale blue, warmed, while fresh, by the color of the contents. ( )f their occasion- al variatii m 1 >r. O iues says : "The egg is variously de- scribed as pure white, plain blue, or bluish speckled with reddish. The fact appears to be. not that these statements are conflicting or any of them erroneous, but that dif- ferent eggs vary accord- ingly. It seems to be the general rule with ni >rmally bluish eggs that they range in shade from quite blue to white, and are occasionally speckled.''. I lear Oberlin. Photo by Lynds ./. NEST AND EGGS OF THE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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