SUMMARY, 



Page 86. 



BLACK DUCK. — ^"inas obscura. Other 

 name: "Dusky Duck." 



Range — North America; breeds from Illinois 

 and New Jersey to Hudson Bay and Labrador ; 

 winters southward to the Greater Antilles. 



Nest — On the ground, in grass or rushes in 

 the neighborhood of ponds, pools, and streams. 



Eggs — Eight to twelve, pale greenish or 

 bluish white, or creamy buff. 



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"WILSON'S PETREL.— Oceaniles oceanicus. 



Range — Atlantic Ocean ; breeds in southern 

 seas (Kenguelen Island) and migrates north- 

 ward, spending the summer off our coasts. 



Nest — In the crevices of rocks. 



Egg — One, white. 



Poliop- 



Page 94. 

 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER.- 



tila caerulea. 



Range — Eastern United States ; breeds from 

 the Gulf States to northern Illinois, southern 

 Ontario and New Jersey, and wanders rarely to 

 Minnesota and Maine ; winters from Florida 

 southward. 



Nest — Of fine strips of bark and fine grasses 

 firmly interwoven and covered with lichens, on 

 branch or in crotch of tree, ten to sixty feet up^ 



Eggs — Four or five, bluish white, thickly 

 spotted and speckled with brown. 



COOT. — Fidica Americana. 

 "Mud-hen," "Crow Duck," 



Page 98. 



AMERICAN 

 Other names : 

 " Blue Peter." 



Range — North America as far north as Alaska 

 and New Brunswick and Greenland ; breeds 

 throughout its range. 



Nest — Of reeds and grasses, among reeds in 

 fresh water marshes. 



Eggs — Eight to fifteen, pale, buffy white, 

 speckled with chocolate on black. 



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 rVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER.— Cam- 



pephilus principalis. 



Range — Formerly South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, from North Carolina to Texas ; north in 

 the Mississippi valley to Missouri, southern 

 Illinois, and southern Indiana. Now restricted 

 to the Gulf States and the lower Mississippi 

 Valley, where only locally distributed. (A.O.U.) 



Nest — In the higher part of a tree. 



Eggs — Three have been found. 



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AMERICAN SPARROW WKUY^. — Falco 

 sparverius. Other name : "KillyHawk." 



Range — From Florida to Hudson Bay, and 

 winters from New Jersey southward. 



Nest — in a hole in a tree, frequently in a 

 Woodpecker's deserted nest. 



Eggs — Three to seven, creamy white to rufous, 

 generally finely and evenly marked with shades 

 of the ground color. 



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SILVER PHEASANT.— /%a5/a«?« nycthe- 

 merus. Other name : " Penciled." 



Range — Throughout China. 



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SCALED PARTRIDGE.— (Ta/Zt/^^/a squam- 

 ata. Other name : "Blue Quail." 



Range — Northwestern Mexico and border of 

 the United States, from western Texas to New 

 Mexico and southern Arizona. 



Nest — A slight depression under a bush, lined 

 with a few coarse grasses. 



Eggs — Eight to sixteen, of a buffy-white or 

 cream color, irregularly dotted with specks of 

 light brown. 



