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 (1903) (14751300415)

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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: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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atch on crown ; rest ofupper parts light olive green ; under parts light yellow ; nowhite on any part. Length—4.77. Breeding Range—Throughout the Northern States, from northernIllinois to Long Island, northward. The nest is composed of leaves, strips of bark, moss, fineroots, lined with fine grass and often hair; sometimes pineneedles are used almost exclusively. It is placed on the groundin open woods, in second-growth woods, and in shrubbery. Theeggs are white, thinly or thickly speckled, mostly at the largerend, rarely blotched, with cinnamon brown and lilac. 3 to 5 arelaid. Size—.63 x .48. In Massachusetts the nesting season begins about the firstof June. 675. Water-thrush : Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.) Eggs white with rather large spots or markings of cinna-mon brown or hazel, more thickly distributed about the largerend. See Page 91, Chapter V. 675a. Grinnells Water-thrush : S. n. notabills (Ridgw.) Eggs identical with those of the water-thrush. See Page 91, Chapter V.68
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NEST OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT.In Raspberry patch. Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets 676. Louisiana Water-thrush: Seiurus motaciIla(Vieill.) Eggs creamy white with numerous spots and specks ofchestnut and lilac. See page 92, Chapter V. 677. Kentucky Warbler: Geothlypis formosa (Wiis.) Adult 3 —Upper parts light olive green, except the crown, whichis black ; from the bill, over and back of the eye, is a thin,yellow line ; below it there is a black patch, which narrowsbelow the cheek, then again becoming slightly wider;under parts bright yellow. Adult ? —Colours rather less brilliant. Length—5.40. Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States, from the Gulf ofMexico to Illinois and Connecticut. The nest is placed on the ground or among the roots of afallen tree, usually in woods that are more or less damp ; it is alarge structure of leaves (mostly on the outside), grasses, and fineroots, lined with fine roots and sometimes hair. The eggs, num-bering from 4 to 5, rare