SUMMARY. 



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SOUTH AMERICAN RHEA — ^Am anicr- 

 icana. Other name: "Ostrich." 



Range — Paraguay and southern Brazil 

 through the State of L,a Plata to Patagonia. 



NssT — In the ground, dug by the female 

 with her feet. 



Eggs — Twenty and upwards. 



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BAY-BREASTED "^ AKSLEK—Dendroica 

 castanea. Other name: "Autumnal Warbler. " 



Range — Eastern North America, westward 

 to Hudson Bay; south in winter to Central 

 America. 



Nest — Of fine shreds of bark, small twigs, 

 roots and, pine hair. 



Eggs — Four, white, with bluish tinge, finely 

 speckled on or round the larger end. 



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BLACK - NECKED STILT. — Hhnantopus 

 inexicanus. Other names: "Lawyer," "Long 

 Shanks," "Pink-Stockings." 



Range — The whole of temperate North 

 America, middle America, and northern South 

 America, south to Peru and Brazil; West Indies 

 in general, and Bermudas; north on the Atlantic 

 coast to Maine. More generally distributed 

 and more abundant in the western than in the 

 eastern province. 



Nest — Small sticks and roots, in the grass 

 on the margin of a lake or river. 



Eggs — Three or four, greenish-yellow. 



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PINTAIL. — Dafila acuta. Other names 

 Sprig-tail; Spike- tail; Pike-tail; Picket-tail 

 Pheasant Duck; Sea Pheasant; Water Pheasant 

 Long-neck. 



Range — Nearly the entire northern hemis- 

 phere, breeding chiefly far northward, in North 



America, migrating south in winter as far as 

 Panama and Cuba. 



Nest — In tall bunches of prairie grass, 

 seldom far from water. 



Eggs — Eight or nine, of a dull grayish olive. 



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DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED PARROT. 



— Conurus fnexicanus. 



Range — Eastern coast of Mexico. 

 Nest — In holes of trees. 

 Eggs— Two. 



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MAGNOLIA "^KRSLER.—Dendroica macu- 

 losa. Other name: "Black and Yellow'Warbler." 



Range — Eastern North America, west to 

 eastern base of Rocky Mountains; winters in 

 Bahamas, Cuba (rare), eastern Mexico and 

 Central America. 



Nest — Loosely put together, of fine twigs, 

 coarse grasses, and dry weed-stalks, lined with 

 fine black roots resembling horse hair. 



Eggs — Four, creamy white, spotted and 

 blotched with various shades of reddish-brown, 

 hazel and chestnut. 



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GREAT BLUE HEKO^.—Ardea hetodias. 

 Other names: "Sand-hill Crane;" "Blue 

 Crane." 



Range — The whole of North and middle 

 America, excepting Arctic districts; north to 

 Hudson's Bay, fur countries, and Sitka; south 

 to Columbia, Venzuela ; Bermudas, and 

 throughout the West Indies. 



Nest — In high trees along rivers, or in the 

 depths of retired swamps. 



Eggs — Commonly three or four, of a plain 

 greenish blue. 



