. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TlIK KINdlWHI). 2;Ji> liiiwtliMni, locust, wild |)liiin, <u.'iii, mu\ Ifiiidii, iin well iis in slirnlis iiiiil liiislics of tlitlVTcnt kinds, jicncrally iit a distaiict! of from 4 to 40 feet from tlu^ jiroiind. 'I'licy an^ usually jilarcd iu a fork or crotch on a horizontal braiicli, and fri'- (|U('ntly well out on tho limb. They aio not at all particular iu the sch-ction of a ncstin;; site; I liiivc seen nests
. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TlIK KINdlWHI). 2;Ji> liiiwtliMni, locust, wild |)liiin, <u.'iii, mu\ Ifiiidii, iin well iis in slirnlis iiiiil liiislics of tlitlVTcnt kinds, jicncrally iit a distaiict! of from 4 to 40 feet from tlu^ jiroiind. 'I'licy an^ usually jilarcd iu a fork or crotch on a horizontal braiicli, and fri'- (|U('ntly well out on tho limb. They aio not at all particular iu the sch-ction of a ncstin;; site; I liiivc seen nests piactMl on a fence rail (souu'times on to]» of one) and aj;ain hetween the rails not over '2 feet from the j^round, in tlui hollow tops of stumps, and in abandoned nests of the Kobin and the Mronzed (Jrackle. Dr. A. K. Fisher informs me that at Ued ("loud. N(0)raska, in July a, iSO.'i, a female was fouml sittinj;- on a nest )ilaced on top of a fence pu t, near the rail- road track. It is not evident why this site was chosen, as plenty irds were noticed buildinji' a lu-st on a sulky ]ilo\v, and after the nest was nearly completed the plow was re(|uired and used, but the nest was not disturl)cd. < )n ilnishinji- the work I put the plow back in about the same place, and after a day or two of consideration the i)ir(ls finished the nest, laid their coif's, and raised a brood of younjf. Two little ^irls used to visit the ))lace every day, and the Itird would almost let tlu â¢' ,»ut their hands on it before leaviufi' the nest. In section they usually lay our eji-jis, and tlu^ earliest date of nestini^' is ,lun«; â¢_'!»; the latest, the third week in July. Their favorite nestin;^' sites here are in wild ]ilum bushes, from 4 to (t feet from the ;.;rouud, and I ha\y.'i\ inches in de[tth; its inner iliameter is .'5 inches b\' l'{ inches deep. Its exterior is consti'Ucte(| of small t\vi;.;s and drv weed stems, mixed with cottonwood down, [lieces of twine, an
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