. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 329 ies at Cape usually in ound, in a , and fine, ite or very about the : as some- .65. California . Mr. A. constant e beds of >ns. The le middle )metimes hields is anally in but the five feet early as lly built ground. feet up, In their Black- of dark black, at the Ten 5 X .70, Tow- hee is abundant in all suitable localities of Arizona and New Mexico. One of the most abundant birds throughout the valleys of the Gila and Colorado Rivers.
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 329 ies at Cape usually in ound, in a , and fine, ite or very about the : as some- .65. California . Mr. A. constant e beds of >ns. The le middle )metimes hields is anally in but the five feet early as lly built ground. feet up, In their Black- of dark black, at the Ten 5 X .70, Tow- hee is abundant in all suitable localities of Arizona and New Mexico. One of the most abundant birds throughout the valleys of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. Its favorite resorts are the dense chapparal thickets along streams. Said to be a very shy species keeping close within its retreats upon the approach of an intruder. The nest is rather loose and bulky, usually built in bushes near the ground and again in trees. Mr. Stephens found one in a bunch of mistletoe at a height of at least thirty feet. The nest is made of strips of bark, twigs and leaves, with finer lining of the same materials. The eggs are three or four in number and look exactly like those of the California Towhee — pale greenish-blue or bluish-white, speckled, spotted and scratched about the larger end, sometimes sparsely over the whole surface with dark brown. Average size .74. A set of three eggs in my cabi- net taken by Dr. Chas. Carter, U. S. A., in Pinal county, Arizona, on April 21, 1885, exhibits the following sizes: , , •74- 593. Gardinaliscardinalis (Linn.) [342.] Cardinal. Hab. Eastern United States; west to Kansas, Nebraska; south to Texas and Florida; north to the Middle States; rare in N«w York, casual in Connecticut, accidental in Massachusetts; represented by varie- ties in the Southwes'.. Commonly called Redbird or Cardinal Grosbeak, and by some I Virginia Nightingale or Virginia Cardinal. It is not migratory but resident nearly wherever found, and is distributed throughout the eastern part of United States from th
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