. Egg check list and key to the nests and eggs of North American birds . Saskatchewan. 189. Chestnut collared Longspur—centrophanes ornatus. Gray, orgrayish-white, more or less clouded and mottled obscurely, with purplish-gray, dark brown and almost black; usually four in number, sometimesfive, and measure about .75 by .58. This bird breeds abundantly on theprairies of Kansas and Dakota. The nest of the Black-bellied Longspuris placed on the ground and composed of fine stems and grasses. Hab. Interior of British America; whole of the Missouri region; south through the Rocky Mountainregion to t
. Egg check list and key to the nests and eggs of North American birds . Saskatchewan. 189. Chestnut collared Longspur—centrophanes ornatus. Gray, orgrayish-white, more or less clouded and mottled obscurely, with purplish-gray, dark brown and almost black; usually four in number, sometimesfive, and measure about .75 by .58. This bird breeds abundantly on theprairies of Kansas and Dakota. The nest of the Black-bellied Longspuris placed on the ground and composed of fine stems and grasses. Hab. Interior of British America; whole of the Missouri region; south through the Rocky Mountainregion to the table lands of Mexico. 190. McCowns Longspur—rhynchophanes maccowni. Dull white, withobscure and rather sparse mottling and darker markings of purplish andreddish-brown; a single egg measures .80 by .60. This bird is found indifferent parts of the interior plains of the United States, between theRocky Mountains and the Missouri river and the lower tributaries of theMississippi, extending from New Mexico and Texas northward; during the Copyright iSSb. PLATE Traills Flycatcher and Nest [Emfidonax pusillus trailli.) See Descriition No. 325«. NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. breeding season to the northern boundary of United States. The nest isbuilt on the ground and is made of grasses. Chestnut-shouldered Bunting,or Longspur, is another name for this bird. Breeds in profusion on theprairies from Colorado northward, in portions of Dakota and Montana. Hab. Eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains, from Texas to Upper Missouri. 191. Bairds Bunting — centronyx bardi. This Sparrow was for along time almost unknown till Dr. Coues found it breeding abundantlyin Dakota; its general habits are something like those of the Savannasparrows. The nest is placed on the ground, a slight structure ofgrasses and weed-stalks. The eggs, usually five, white irregularlyspeckled and blotched with pale and dark reddish-brown; size .80 by .65. Hab. Central Plains of U. S., north to British
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