SUMMARY. 



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BRUNNICH'S MURRE— f/na lomvia. 



Range — Coasts aud islands of the north 

 Atlantic and eastern Arctic oceans, south on 

 the Atlantic coast of North America to New 

 Jersey. 



Nest — On the bare rock, often on the narrow 

 shelves of cliffs. 



Eggs— One. 



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CANADA GOOSE. — Branta canadensis. 

 Other names: " Common Wild Goose," " Grey 

 Goose," "Honker." 



Range — North America at large. 



Nest — Of dried grasses, raised about twelve 

 inches from the ground ; has been found in 

 trees. 



Eggs — Generally five, of a pale dull greenish 

 color. 



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BROWN CREEPER. — Certhia familiaris 

 aniericana. 



Range — Eastern North America, breeding 

 from northern border of United States north- 

 ward. 



Nest — In holes of trees lined with dry grass, 

 moss, and feathers. 



Eggs — Five to eight. 



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DOWNY WOODPECKER. — Dryobates 

 pubescens. Other name: "Little or Lesser 

 'Sapsucker.' This, however, is a misnomer. 



Range — Northern and eastern North Amer- 

 ica, and sporadically the western portions — Col- 

 orado, Utah, Nevada, California, etc. 



Nest — In an excavation in a tree. 



Eggs — Four or five, rarely six, pure glossy 

 white. 



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OLD SQUAW XiViQXi—Clangiila hycmaUs. 

 Other names: South Southerly ; Long-tailed 

 Duck ; Swallow-tailed Duck ; Old Injun (Mass. 

 and Conn.) Old Molly; Old Billy; Scolder (New 

 Hampshire and Massachusetts.) 



Range — Northern hemisphere; south in 

 winter to nearly the southern border of the 

 United States. 



Nest — On the margins of lakes and ponds, 

 among low bushes or low grass, warmly lined 

 with down and feathers. 



Eggs — Frotn six to twelve, of pale, dull gray- 

 ish pea-green. 



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 WHITE- FACED GLOSSY imS—Plegadis 



autuninalis. 



Range — Tropical and sub-tropical regions 

 generally ; rare and of local distribution in the 

 southeastern United States and West Indies. 



NEST — Of rushes, plant stems, etc., in reedy 

 swamps on low bushes. 



Eggs — Three, rather deep, dull blue. 



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ARKANSAS KINGBIRD.— 7>ra«««5 vertt- 

 calis. Other name: Arkansas Flycatcher. 



Range — Western United States from the 

 plains to the Pacific, and from British Columbia 

 south through Lower California and western 

 Mexico to Guatemala. 



Nest — On branches of trees, in open and 

 exposed situations, six to twenty feet from the 

 ground ; built of stems of weeds and grasses. 



Eggs — Three to six, white, thinly spotted 

 with purple to dark redish-brown. 



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