. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. plete tbo Interior. Both birds were about while the nest was being removed; the jntiVj was intensely bright colored. A few days later this pair began another nest un'ier the same roof near the old site. The egg'i are not distinguishable from eggs of C. frontalia from California. They are sparsely marked with black in an irregular wreath about the larger end. In size they measure ;xl5 and 19x15 ;* 520. OUADALUFE HOUSE FINCH. Carpodacut amplua Rldgw. Oeog
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. plete tbo Interior. Both birds were about while the nest was being removed; the jntiVj was intensely bright colored. A few days later this pair began another nest un'ier the same roof near the old site. The egg'i are not distinguishable from eggs of C. frontalia from California. They are sparsely marked with black in an irregular wreath about the larger end. In size they measure ;xl5 and 19x15 ;* 520. OUADALUFE HOUSE FINCH. Carpodacut amplua Rldgw. Oeog. DIst.—Guadalupe Island. Lower California. This darker colored House Finch was found to be quite common on Guadalupe Island, by Mr. Bryant, when he visited tliat place in 1885. The species did not differ in its habits or song from frontalis. February 22 two nearly completed nests were found in cypreas trees, and one with five eggs was taken March 1. The last nest taken was on April 7, and contained Ave eggs with small embryos in them. Nearly all the nests were placed on the branches of cypress trees; the birds seemed to show a preference for the leeward side, where the nest would be protected from pre- vailing winds. One pair built in a clump of mistletoe at a height of twenty feet; others built in the tops of palms. The materials used were the finer dead stems of weeds; In one nent the foundation and sides were made of pine needles. The lining was invariably of goat's hair. The eggs, sometimes four in number, but oftener f ve, during ihe early part of the season, are colored precisely like the average sped men of C. in. frontalis, the spots being either sparingly applied or entirely wanting. They also re^iemble them in general shape, but the size serves to distinguish them. Five eggs n one set measure 22x15, , , , i The length measurement varies from mm., and the width mm. The average size of thirty-two specimens is
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