SUMMARY. 



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AMERICAN OSPREY— Pan d ion paliaetus 

 carohnensis. 



Range — North America; breeds from Florida 

 to Labrador ; winters from South Carolina 

 to northern South America. 



Nest — Generally in a tree, thirty to fifty feet 

 from the ground, rarely on the ground. 



Eggs — Two to four ; generally buffy white, 

 heavily marked with chocolate. 



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SORA RAIL. — Porzaua Carolina. 



Range — Temperate North America, south to 

 the West Indies and northern South America. 



Nest — Of grass and reeds, placed on the 

 ground in a tussock of grass, where there is a 

 growth of briers. 



Eggs — From seven to fourteen ; of a ground 

 color, of dark cream or drab, with reddish 

 brown spots. 



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KENTUCKY WARBLER. — Geothlypts 

 formosa. 



Range — Eastern United States ; breeds from 

 the Gulf States to Iowa and Connecticut ; 

 winters in Central America. 



Nest — Bulky, of twigs and rootlets, firmly 

 wrapped with leaves, on or near the ground. 



Eggs — Four or five ; white or grayish white, 

 speckled or blotched with rufous. 



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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. — Mer- 

 ganser Serrator. 



.VvANGE — Northern parts of the Northern 

 Hemisphere ; in America breeds from northern 

 Illinois and New Brunswick northward to the 

 arctic regions ; winters southward to Cuba. 



Nest — Of leaves, grasses, mosses, etc., lined 

 with down, on the ground near water, among 

 rocks or scrubby bushes. 



Eggs — Six to twelve ; creamy buff. 



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YELLOW-LEGS.— Tetanus flavipes. 



Range — North America, breeding chiefly in 

 the interior from Minnesota, northern Illinois, 

 Ontario County, N. Y., northward to the Arctic 

 regions; winters from the Gulf States to 

 Patagonia. 



Eggs— Three or four; buflfy, .spotted or 

 blotched with dark madder — or van dyke — 

 brown and purplish gray. 



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SKYLARK.— /4/««a'a arvensis. 



Range — Europe and portions of Asia and 

 Africa ; accidental in the Bermudas and in 

 Greenland. 



Nest — Placed on the ground, in meadows or 

 open grassy places, sheltered by a tuft of grass ; 

 the materials are grasses, plant stems, and a 

 few chance leaves. 



Eggs — Three to five, of varying form, color, 

 and size. 



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 WILSON'S PHALAROPE. — Phalaropus 



tricolor. 



Range — Temperate North America, breeding 

 from northern Illinois and Utah northward to 

 the Saskatchewan region ; south in winter to 

 Brazil and Patagonia. 



Nest — A shallow depression in soft earth, 

 lined with a thin layer of fragments of grass. 



Eggs — Three to four; cream buff or bufFy 

 white, heavily blotched with deep chocolate. 



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EVENING GROSBEAK. — Cocothraustes 

 vespertina. 



Range — Interior of North America, from 

 Manitoba northward ; southeastward in winter 

 to the upper Mississippi Valley and casually to 

 the northern Atlantic States. 



Nest — Of small twigs, lined with bark, hair, 

 or rootlets, placed within twenty feet of the 

 ground. 



Eggs— Tliree or four ; greenish, blotched 

 with pale brown. 



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TURKEY ^nJVT\SKE—Catharista Atrata. 



Range — Temperate America, from New 

 Jersey southward to Patagonia. 



Nest — In hollow stump or log, or on ground 

 beneath bushes or palmettos. 



Eggs — One to three ; dull white, spotted and 

 blotched with chocolate marking. 



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GAMBEL'S PARTRIDGE. — Callipepla 

 gainbeli 



Range — Northwestern Mexico, Arizona, New 

 Mexico, southern Utah, and western Utah and 

 western Texas. 



Nest — Placed on the ground, sometimes 

 without any lining. 



Eggs — From eight to sixteen. 



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