. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Starllns STARLINGS. Family STURNID^ [ ;. Stiiriiiin rtilfiiirii. European specieB wliUh ''»« "-as uaUy been taken in Greenland, t was ber- ated a number of years aRo In Central Park. Ne* York City, and has now become abundn it there and Is slowly In all directions. They build their neits In all sorts of locations such as are used by the English Sparrow, wher- ever
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Starllns STARLINGS. Family STURNID^ [ ;. Stiiriiiin rtilfiiirii. European specieB wliUh ''»« "-as uaUy been taken in Greenland, t was ber- ated a number of years aRo In Central Park. Ne* York City, and has now become abundn it there and Is slowly In all directions. They build their neits In all sorts of locations such as are used by the English Sparrow, wher- ever they can find a sufficiently large crev- '" ' ' .^ , „ „,. Ice or opening; less often they build their nests In trees, making them of straw, twigs and trash They lay from four to six pale bluish green eggs; size Two broods aro reared In a BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES. ETC. Family Bobolink. Dolichoni/T ori/sirorut. « Fastern North America, breeding from New Jersey north to Nova music, often uttered on the w ' ' . irmch ad- mired. He sings all day long d>. ^ng May and June to his Sparrow-like mate, who Is sitt iig on her nest concealed In the meadow grass. They are quite sociable birds and sev- eral pairs often nest In the same field, generally a damp meadow; the nests are hoi- (;ravT!iTr»hitp lows In the ground, lined with grass and frequently with the top slightly arch- ed to conceal 'he eggs, which are grayish white, clouded, spotted and blotched with brownish, gray and lilac; size .84 x .62. They number from four to six and are laid In June. 495. CowBiRD. Moloihrus nier aler. Range. -North America from the Atlantic to eastern California, and from New Brunswick and Manitoba southward; winters from the southern half of the United 3Utes southward. These uncivilized members of the bird world build no nests for themselves, but slyly deposit Bobolink. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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