Bird homes - the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds (1902) (14732304696)

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Title: Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: York University - University of Toronto Libraries



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then feigning brokenwings and general demoralisation, uttering all the time a rathersharp and piteous note; the nest is carefully hidden amongst thedead leaves and young spring growth, and is somewhat difficult tofind. It is often completed several days before the eggs are laid. 75 Covered or Arched Nests on Ground The young remain with and are fed by their parents until fullygrown. The old birds show clearly the whereabouts of the youngby their excitement when one comes even within a hundredyards of them. In the vicinity of New York the nests are finished by May14th; probably two and perhaps three broods are reared, as 1have seen the young being fed as late as the end of August. In Massachusetts the season is about ten days later. 681. Maryland Yellow-throat: Geothlypus trichas (Linn.) Eggs white, with fine specks or spots of chocolate and purplebrown, the spots not being very numerous and mostly at thelarger end. Nests rarely and then only partly arched. See Page 69, Chapter II. 76
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Chapter IV Part I.—OPEN NESTS IN MARSHES, REEDS,SAW-GRASS, AND LOW BUSHES IN OPENCOUNTRY 330. Everglade Kite; Snail Hawk: Rostrhamus socia- bilis(Vieill.) Adults—Dark slate colour; upper tail coverts and beneath the tail white; tail tipped with white.Adult ^a7id immature—Dark brown, feathers tipped with rusty colour, under parts somewhat mottled. Length—18.00.Breeding Range—Southward from middle Florida. Nest of coarse grass or saw-grass, either in tall rank grass or inlow bushes among the saw-grass; they measure about a footin diameter, with a cavity three inches deep (Davie). 2 to 3eggs are laid; they are dusky white or brownish, with blotchesand spots of dark reddish brown. Size—1.85 x 1.47. The name Snail Hawk.is well applied to these birds, as theirfood consists largely of a kind of snail that is to be found in shal-low water. The breeding season in Florida begins in March. 498. Red-winged Blackbird: Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.) Adulti,—Black except the shoulders, wh