. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE ance as to quite dis- courage in- v e s t i g a - tion, unless the owner's presence gives the se- cret of its oc- c u p a n c y away. It is placed usu- ally in an up- right or hor- izontal fork of a tree at a height of from three to forty feet. T xv igs, weed - stalks and trash of any kind en- ter into the basal con- st r u c tion. The charac- teristic fea- ture of the nest, how- ever, is the mould, or mat, of vege- table plaster, ground wood, and the
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE ance as to quite dis- courage in- v e s t i g a - tion, unless the owner's presence gives the se- cret of its oc- c u p a n c y away. It is placed usu- ally in an up- right or hor- izontal fork of a tree at a height of from three to forty feet. T xv igs, weed - stalks and trash of any kind en- ter into the basal con- st r u c tion. The charac- teristic fea- ture of the nest, how- ever, is the mould, or mat, of vege- table plaster, ground wood, and the like, or else compacted wool and cow-hair, which is forced into the inter- stices of the outer structure and left smooth and rounded inside, giving shape to the nest. This in turn is lined with fine grasses, horse-hair, or variously. Occasionally nests are found composed almost entirely of wool. In others string is the principal ingredient. Eggs are laid at the rate of one each day. Incubation begins when the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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