Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Etc. 
The nest is usually built on cliffs in more or less inaccessible 
places, and sometimes in trees; it is composed of ‘‘large sticks 
closely and artistically arranged, with a lining of coarse grasses, 
sea-weed, and wool’’ (Davie). 2 to 7 eggs are laid; they are 
greenish blue, spotted, blotched, and streaked more or less 
heavily with olive brown. Size—1.go x 1.27. 
English Sparrow: Passer domesticus (Linn.) 
This bird of foreign extraction was brought here from Eng- 
land in 1851, and for some years confined itself to the larger 
cities; since about 1870, however, it has been rapidly spreading, 
and may be found everywhere, in country and town, through- 
out the Eastern States; it has even crossed the great plains, 
and will probably soon be common in the West. The nest is 
placed either in buildings or trees, more often the former; it is 
of very irregular size, and of no particular shape, its size and 
shape depending on the amount of vacant space and the num- 
ber of broods reared. The breeding season begins almost before 
winter has gone and lasts till late in the autumn. The eggs 
are generally whitish, thickly marked with dark gray or olive; 
sometimes they are plain gray. Size—About .80 x .60. 
567. Snowbird; Junco: Junco hyemalis (Linn.) 
Eggs greenish or bluish white, with fine spots and some- 
times blotched with reddish and purple, brown and lilac, chiefly 
in a wreath round the larger end. 
See Page 61, Chapter II. 
567e. Carolina Junco: J.h. carolinensis Brewst. 
Eggs same as the preceding, but somewhat larger. 
See Page 61, Chapter II. 
611. Purple Martin: Progne subis (Linn.) 
Adult 6 —Blue black. 
Adult 2 —Upper parts blue black; under parts grayish, with 
indistinct white tips to the feathers; belly white. Length 
—8.00. 
Breeding Range—Throughout the United States. 
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