SUMMARY. 



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AMERICAN OSPREY. Pandion paliaetus 

 carolinensis. 



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. Porzana 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. Geothlypis 

 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- 

 ganset Serrator. 



RANGE 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. Totanus 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 ; buffy, spotted or 

 blotched with dark madder or van dyke 

 brown and purplish gray. 



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SKYLARK. Alauda 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. 



GROSBEAK. 



Cocothraustes 



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EVENING 

 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 Three or four ; greenish, blotched 

 with pale brown. 



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TURKEY VULTURE. 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 

 gain be li 



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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