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 (1900) (14729551016)

Identifier: cu31924090283841 (find matches)
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: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co.



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r warblers during the breeding season; he may be found inalmost any thicket, but he undoubtedly prefers places that aredamp or even marshy. Wherever he is, he will be found verymuch in evidence, being of an inquisitive nature and ever on themove, hopping about among the grass or, more often, in a tangleof low bushes. The nest is described as difficult to find. Why, I do not quiteunderstand; it seems much more easy to find than most of theother ground nests, unless it happens to be arched over, but thatis rare. I have found the nests in raspberry vines, as shown in theaccompanying illustration, but they are more often found in damp,grassy tangles. The young leave the nest when about five daysold. 681b. Florida Yellow-throat: G. t. ignota Chapm. This bird is very similar to the preceding. The bill, tail,and wing are longer, upper parts much -browner, the blackpatch larger, and the yellow rather deeper in colour on the underparts. It is resident in the southern parts of Georgia and in 70
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NEST AND EGGS OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets Florida, Nesting habits are described as being identical withthose of the more northern bird. It is also known as the PalmettoBird. 686. Canadian Warbler: Sylvanla canadensis (Linn.) Eggs creamy white, spotted chiefly at the larger end withreddish brown and lilac. See Page 92, Chapter V, 705. Brown Thrasher: Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.) Eggs whitish, bluish, or greenish, with numerous fine lightreddish-brown specks evenly distributed. See Page 50, Chapter I. 756. Wilsons Thrush; Veery: Turdusfuscescens Steph. Adult—Upper parts reddish or golden brown; under parts whiteor grayish white, except the breast, which is tinged withbuff and spotted with brown. Length—7.52. Breeding Range—From northern Illinois and Pennsylvania toManitoba and Newfoundland, and southward along theAUeghanies to North Carolina. (Chapman.) The nest is most commonly placed on the ground, or amongthe roots of a fallen tree, r