. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . n. The one figured is an unusually handsome marked speci-men in the collection of Mr. C. VY. Crandall. Average size of eggs, x —Yegna Creek bottoms, Texas. April 27, 1891. Two egg , Nest of sticksand green moss, the same moss also being used tor lining; in an elm tree 80feet up. 328. White-tailed Kite. Elanus leucurus. Range.—Southern United States, north to the Carolinas, Illinois and middleCalifornia. This species can be reio
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . n. The one figured is an unusually handsome marked speci-men in the collection of Mr. C. VY. Crandall. Average size of eggs, x —Yegna Creek bottoms, Texas. April 27, 1891. Two egg , Nest of sticksand green moss, the same moss also being used tor lining; in an elm tree 80feet up. 328. White-tailed Kite. Elanus leucurus. Range.—Southern United States, north to the Carolinas, Illinois and middleCalifornia. This species can be reioL; n i/< m1 by its lightbluish gray mantle, black shoulders and whitetail. It is a very active species, feeding uponinsects and reptile . and small birds and mammals. The nests of these species are placedin trees ;it quite an elevation from the ground,being made of sticks, weeds and leave-. The eggs are creamy white, profu ely blotched and•.polled with reddish brOWD and umber. Data.—Los Angeles. Cal., April Nest in fork of willows about 26 teel of willow twigs and weed stalks, linedwith pieces of bark. 201. Creamy white
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