. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 604. Dickcissel. Spiza americana. Range.—Interior of the United States, breed-ing from the Gulf to northern United States,west to the Rockies, east to the Alleghanies. A sparrow-like Bunting with a yellow breastpatch, line over eye and on side of throat;throat black, chin white and wing coverts chest-nut. These sleek-coated, harmoniously coloredbirds are very common in dry bush-grown pas-tures and on the prairies.^*<f*f^~~- They are very p
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 604. Dickcissel. Spiza americana. Range.—Interior of the United States, breed-ing from the Gulf to northern United States,west to the Rockies, east to the Alleghanies. A sparrow-like Bunting with a yellow breastpatch, line over eye and on side of throat;throat black, chin white and wing coverts chest-nut. These sleek-coated, harmoniously coloredbirds are very common in dry bush-grown pas-tures and on the prairies.^*<f*f^~~- They are very persistent singers, and their song, whilevery simple, is welcome onhot days when other birdsare quiet. They nest any-where, as suits their fancy,on the ground, in clumps ofgrass, in clover fields, bushes,low trees, or in thistles. The nests are madeof weeds, grasses, leaves and rootlets, linedwith fine grass, and the three to five eggs arebluish white. Size .80 x .60. 368 Bluish whit*. PERCHING BIRDS 605. Lark Bunting. Calamospiza Range.—A bird of the Plains, abundant fromwestern Kansas to eastern Colorado and northto the Canadian border; winters in Mexico. These black and white birds have a sweelsong which they often utter while on the wingafter the manner of the Bobo-link, all their habits beingsimilar to those of this that this species likesthe broad dry prairies whereit nests on the ground underthe protection of a tuft ofgrass or a low bush. Theirfour or five eggs are likethose of the last but slightly larger. Size .85x .65. Data.—Franklin Co., Kansas. 4 <Nest in cornfield in a hollow on the ground a;the base of a stalk; made of straw and wi 1:1ui s 11 \v 11 i 1<
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