. Bird homes : The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . , Chapter tJEoT OF RCU WINGED BLACKBIRD. Globular Nests in Marsh-Grass, Reeds, etc. Part II.—GLOBULAR NESTS IN MARSH-GRASS,REEDS, ETC. 724. Short-billed Marsh Wren: Cistothorus stellaris (Licht.) Adult—Black and brown streaked with buff and white ; underparts white or whitish tinged with buff. Length— Breeding Range—The Eastern States from New Hampshire andManitoba southward. The nest, which is globular or spherical,
. Bird homes : The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . , Chapter tJEoT OF RCU WINGED BLACKBIRD. Globular Nests in Marsh-Grass, Reeds, etc. Part II.—GLOBULAR NESTS IN MARSH-GRASS,REEDS, ETC. 724. Short-billed Marsh Wren: Cistothorus stellaris (Licht.) Adult—Black and brown streaked with buff and white ; underparts white or whitish tinged with buff. Length— Breeding Range—The Eastern States from New Hampshire andManitoba southward. The nest, which is globular or spherical, with the entranceon the side, is made of coarse grasses or thin reeds, with the lin-ing of plant down; it is attached to upright reeds in to 7 eggs are laid ; they are usually pure white, but aresometimes marked faintly with rather large spots of pale —.64 This energetic little wren, which builds such a remarkablenest, is found more often in the damp meadows than in the regu-lar swamps where his cousin, the long-billed marsh wren, habit of building more nests than are ever used for layingeggs in, is one of the peculiarities of t
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