. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. .^ V 168 ORNITFIOLOfJY AND OOLO(;V. except on the outer web nnil towards tlip , the third with .1 white spot on the end. the rest, except
. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. .^ V 168 ORNITFIOLOfJY AND OOLO(;V. except on the outer web nnil towards tlip , the third with .1 white spot on the end. the rest, except the middle, very slightly tipped with white; (he bill and legs lire blai'k. ,'ih, nine and fifty one-hundredths inchesj wing, four and fifty ono-hun- dredtlis; tail, five inches; iris, light-ytllow. This bird is so exceedingly rare in New England, that it can scarcely be regarded otherwise than as an accidental visitor; and Massachusetts is certainly its northern Mr. Allen, before referred to, says that it has been known to brood in Springfield several times within five years, and in 1(S60 two pairs nested there. In June, 1860, he fo\ind a nest containing three freshly laid eggs, iijcubation not having been begun: the locality was a sandy field, growing up to pitch-pines, in one of which the nest was placed, about three feet from the ground; the pair was secured with the nest and eggs. As I have had no opportunities of observing the habits of this beautiful songster, I will give the very interesting description by "Wilson. He says,— "The precise time at which the Mocking-bird begins to build liis nest varies according to the latitude in which he resides. In tlie lower parts of Georgia, lie commences building early in April, hut in Pennsylvania rarely before the 10th of May; and in New. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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