. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. — THK FINCHES. 5G-J brush aloii«x inoniitain rivulets, aiul .similar situations, wliere the seeds of various ]»laiits an- jancuntlth'; its i^^cnrral hahits rescuihle those of the sj)ecies of ZiniiitrirJiiny The nests were found l»y Mr. Riilgwjiv in various situations; the lander nunilter were upon the j^round, hut several were in trees varying' in heii^ht from six to twenty feet from the j^aound. They wer
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. — THK FINCHES. 5G-J brush aloii«x inoniitain rivulets, aiul .similar situations, wliere the seeds of various ]»laiits an- jancuntlth'; its i^^cnrral hahits rescuihle those of the sj)ecies of ZiniiitrirJiiny The nests were found l»y Mr. Riilgwjiv in various situations; the lander nunilter were upon the j^round, hut several were in trees varying' in heii^ht from six to twenty feet from the j^aound. They were found from the latter ])art of May throujih June. A nest obtained in Southern AViseonsin hy Mr. Thure Kundien is very homogeneous in strueture, entirely of loosely intertwined stems of dry j^n*asses, sedges, and cariees. Ft was built on the ground, is nearly tlat, and has only a very shallow cavity. Its entire height is less than two inches, and the depth of its depression not half an inch. The diameter of the nest is three and a half inches, and that of the cavity at the rim three inches. The maxinaim number of their eggs is five. Their average measurement is .«S5 by .65 of an inch. The ground-color is usually a gmyisli-white, rarely a light brown, marbled and streaked with waving lines, and a few dots of black or a blackish-brown. »S.'< Genus ZONOTRICHIA, Swainson. Zonofrichut, Swainson, Fauna II, 1831. (Type, Emheriza hwnphrys.) Gen. Char. Body rather stout. Bill conical, .^e(l, inside; the lower mandible rather lower than the upper; ; .^Hirhtly convex; commissure nearly straight. Feet stout; ;us rather lonfrer than middle toe; the lateral toes very nearly equal. Hind toe Ioniser than the lateral ones; their claws just reaching to liase of" middle one. Inner claw contained twice in its toe proper; all slender and considerably curved. ; moderate, not reaching to the middle of the tail, but b
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