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) (14568871437)

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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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Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Etc. of a tree, in brush heaps, or in deserted buildings, is of smalltwigs, with moss and leaves interwoven, and warmly lined withfeathers of hawks, crows, grouse, or any that are at hand(Davie). 4 to 7 eggs are laid, varying from pure white withreddish brown and purple spots to creamy white with but fewspecks of reddish brown. Size—.69 x.49. Though something like the house wren in appearance, thehabits of the Winter Wren are very different; instead of nestingnear the habitations of man, they usually select places away fromhuman beings. In the autumn they may be seen hopping aboutfrom stone to stone or in the tangle alongside a broken-downwall in the vicinity of small rapid-running brooks, generallysolitary, two being rarely seen together. The breeding season begins about the last week in May. 726. Brown Creeper: Certhia famiiiaris americana (Bonap.) Eggs white, spotted with reddish brown, chiefly at the larger end. See Page 108, Chapter VI. 761.