SUMMARY 



TANAGER. — Piraiiga rubra. 

 ; " Suiiiuier Red-bird," "Rose 



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SUMMER 

 Otlier names 

 Tanager." 



Range — Eastern Uuited States west to the 

 edge of the Plains; norlh regularly to about 40° 

 — New Jersey, central Ohio, Illinois, casually 

 north to Connecticut and Ontario, accidently to 

 Nova Scotia, wintering in Cuba, Central Amer- 

 ica, and northern South America. (Davie.) 



Nest — Of bark strips and leaves interwoven 

 with various vegetable substances, on drooping 

 branch of tree. 



Eggs — Three or four, bluish white or greenish 

 blue, with cinnamon or olive-brown markings. 



Eggs — Ten to fourteen, pale cream bufif, finely 

 and evenly speckled with grayish brown. 



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AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GCXDSE — 

 Avser albifrons gainbeli. Other names : 

 " Laughing Goose," " Speckle Belly." 



Range — North America, breeding far north- 

 ward ; in winter south to Mexico and Cuba, 

 rare on the Atlantic coast. 



Nest — On the ground, of grasses lined with 

 down. 



Eggs — Six or seven, dull greenish yellow 

 with obscure darker tints. 



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TURNSTONE.— /4r^«ar/fl interpres. Other 

 names: " Brant Bird," " Calico-back," " Bead- 

 bird," " Sand-runner," "Chickling," " Horse - 

 foot Snipe " 



Range — Nearly cosmopolitan ; nests in the 

 Arctic regions, and in America migrates south- 

 ward to Patagonia. (Chapman.) 



Nest — A slight depression on the ground. 



Eggs — Two or four, greenish drab, spotted 

 all over with brown. 



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THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER— ^^^f- 

 alitis tneloda circtinicincta. 



Range — Missouri river region ; occasionally 

 eastward to the Atlantic coast. 



Nest — Depression in the sand without lining. 



Eggs — Four, light gray to creamy buff, 

 finely speckled with blackish brown and purp- 

 lish gray. 



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"WILD TXy^YiS.Y—Meleagris gallopava. 



Range— East-rn United States from Penn- 

 sylvania southward to Florida, west to Wiscon- 

 sin, the Indian Territory and Texas. 



Nest — On the ground, at the base of a bush 

 or tree. 



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CERULEAN WARBLER— ZPfw^r^^a caeru- 

 lea. Otlier names : ' ' Azure Warbler ; " " White- 

 throated Blue Warbler." 



Range — Mississippi valley as far north as 

 Minnesota, and eastward as far as Lockport, N. 

 Y. (Davison.) Winters in the tropics. 



Nest — Of fine grasses bound with spider's 

 silk, lined with strips of bark and with a few 

 lichens attached to its upper surface, in a tree, 

 twenty-five to fifty feet from the ground. (Chap- 

 man.) 



Eggs — Four, creamy white, thickly covered 

 with rather heavy blotches of reddish brown. 

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YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD.— /'/^a^- 

 ihonjiavirostris. Other names: "Phaeton." 



Range. — Tropical coasts; Atlantic coasts of 

 tropical America, West Indies, Bahamas, Ber- 

 mudas ; casual in Florida and accidental in 

 Western New York and Nova Scotia. (Chap- 

 man.) 



Nest — In holes in the perpendicular faces of 



cliffs, also on the flat surfaces of rocks. 



EGGS-Oue, ground color of purplish brownish 

 white, covered with fine reddish chocolate- 

 colored spots. (Davie.) 

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EUROPEAN YJNQYISUEK—Alcedo ispida. 



R.\NGE— England and portions of Europe. 



Nest— In holes of the banks of streams. 



Eggs — Usually six, of a deep pinkish hue. 

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VERMILION FLYCATCHER. — Pyroceph- 

 alus rubineus inexicanus. 



Range — Southern Border of the United 

 States, south through Mexico and Guatemala. 



Nest — In forks of ratana trees, not more than 

 six feet up, of small twigs and soft materials 

 felted together, the rims covered with lichens ; 

 the cavity is shallow. 



Eggs — Usually three, the ground color a rich 

 creamy white, with a ring of large brown and 

 lilac blotches at the larger end. 



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LAZULI BUNTING. — Passer ina amoena. 

 Other name : ' Lazuli Painted Finch." 



Range— Western United States from the 

 Great Plains to the Pacific ; south in winter to 

 Western Mexico. 



Nest^Iu a bush or the lower limbs of trees, 

 a few feet from the ground, of fine strips of bark, 

 small twigs, grasses, and is lined with hair. 



Eggs — Usually four, light bluish green. 



