SUMMARY. 



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OVENBIRD — Seiurus aurocapelliis. Other 

 names: "The Teacher," " Wood Wagtail," 

 " Golden Crowned Accentor." 



Range — United States to Pacific Slope. 



Nest — On the ground, oven-shape. 



Eggs — Three to six, white or creamy white, 

 glossy, spotted. 



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 ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 



— Picoides arcticiis. Other name: "Black- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker." 



Range — Northern North America, south to 

 northern border of the United States, and 

 farther on high mountain ranges. In the 

 mountains of the west (Sierra Nevada, etc.) 

 south to about 39°, where it breeds. 



Nest — In dead trees, not more than five or 

 six feet from the ground. 



Eggs — Four to six, pure ivory white. 



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BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER— ^ar/'raww 

 longicauda. Other names: "Bartram's 

 Tattler," "Prairie Pigeon," "Prairie Snipe," 

 ' Grass Plover," and "Quaily." 



Range— Eastern North America, north to 

 Nova Scotia and Alaska, south in winter as far 

 as southern South America. 



Nest — in a slight depression of the ground. 



Eggs — Four, of a pale clay or buff, thickly 

 spotted with umber and yellowish brown. 



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 NIGHTINGALE— i^o/rt-aV/a luscinia (Linn.) 

 Range — England, Spain, Portugal, Austria, 



south to the interior of Africa. 



Nest — Cup shape, made of dry leaves, 

 neatly lined with fibrous roots. 



Eggs —Four to six, of a deep olive color. 



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ROSEATE SPOONEiUL—Ajaja ajaja. 



Range — Southern United States and south- 

 ward into southern South America. 



Nest — Platform of sticks, built close to the 

 trunk of a tree, from eight to eighteen feet 

 from the ground. 



Eggs — Three or four, white, or bufFj -white, 

 blotched, spotted, and stained with various 

 shades of brown. 



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DICKCISSEL— 5)>z>a americana. Other 

 names: " Black-throated Bunting," "Little 

 Field Lark," and "Judas-bird." 



Range — Eastern United States to the Rocky 

 Mountains, north to Massachusetts, New York, 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc., south in winter to 

 northern South America. 



Nest — On the ground, in trees, and in 

 bushes. 



Eggs — Four or five, almost exactly like those 

 of the Bluebird. 



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DUSKY GROIJS'E—Dendragapus obscurus. 



Range — Rocky Mountains, west to Wah- 

 satch, north to central Montana, south to New 

 Mexico and Arizona. 



Nest — On the ground, under shelter of a 

 hollow log or projecting rock, with merely a 

 a few pine needles scratched together. 



Eggs — Eight to fifteen, of buff or cream 

 color, marked all over with small round spot3 

 of umber-brown. 



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