. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMElilVAN UIKDS. 48t 730(i. WHITB-NAPED NUTHATCH. SItta pyomtpa leneomtclm Anthony. Oeog. Dist.—San Pedro Mountains, Lower Cnllfornia. ^'' The nesting habits and eggs of this race are the same as those of the last species. 731. TUFTED TITMOUSE. Parus bicolor Linn. Oeog. Dist.—Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Northern New Jersey and Southern Iowa; casual in Southern New England. Resident throughout its breeding range. The Tufted Titmouse is an abundant resident in Eastern United S
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMElilVAN UIKDS. 48t 730(i. WHITB-NAPED NUTHATCH. SItta pyomtpa leneomtclm Anthony. Oeog. Dist.—San Pedro Mountains, Lower Cnllfornia. ^'' The nesting habits and eggs of this race are the same as those of the last species. 731. TUFTED TITMOUSE. Parus bicolor Linn. Oeog. Dist.—Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Northern New Jersey and Southern Iowa; casual in Southern New England. Resident throughout its breeding range. The Tufted Titmouse is an abundant resident in Eastern United States, as far west as Eastern Kansas, and, chiefly, howe ;er, south of 40°. Its clear, loud whistling song may occasionally be heard in sunny days through the winter months, but par- ticularly in the early spring—in March, the mating season, for nesting usually be- gins early in April. Deserted Woodpecker excavations, natural cavities of trees, or. . 731. Tufted Titmouse (E. del.) '^ those in stubs in deep or open woods are the favorite nesting sites of the Tufted Titmouse. In these cavities the nest is formed of a mass of leaves, moss, corn- stalks, soft, fibrous bark-strips, and the hair of cattle; this Is all carried to the nesting place in great mouthsful by the female bird. She has often been accused of picking to pieces and carrying away the moss from hanging baskets suspended on porches. Mr. O. C. Poling found a neat of this bird containing five eggs In a box near a ruined building, in the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois. From five to eight eggs are deposited, five or six being the usual numbers. I have taken three sets in Central Ohio, all containing six eggs. They are of a pure white or light cream ground-color, which is profusely speckled and spotted with different shades of reddish-brown. Eight specimens, selected on account of their sizes, measure ., ., ., ., 32. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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