SUMMARY 



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YELLOW WARBLER. Dendroica cestiva. 

 Other names: " Summer Yellow-bird, " "Wild 

 Canary , " " Yellow-poll Warbler. ' ' 



RANGE The whole of North America ; breed- 

 ing throughout its range. In winter, the whole 

 of middle America and northern South Amer- 

 ica. 



NEST Built in an apple tree, cup-shaped, 

 neat and compact, composed of plant fibres, 

 bark, etc. 



EGGS Four or five ; greenish-white, spotted 

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HERMIT THRUSH. Turd us aonalaschka: 

 pallasii. Other names: "Swamp Angel," 

 " Ground Swamp Robin." 



RANGE Eastern North America, breeding 

 from northern United States northward ; win- 

 tering from about latitude 40 to the Gulf coast. 



NEST On the ground, in some low, secluded 

 spot, beneath shelter of deep shrubbery. Bulky 

 and loosely made of leaves, bark, grasses, 

 mosses, lined with similar finer material. 



EGGS Three or four ; of greenish blue, 

 unspotted. 

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SONG SPARROW. Melospiza fasciata. 



RANGE Eastern United States and British 

 Provinces, west to the Plains, breeding chiefly 

 north of 40, except east of the Alleghenies. 



NEST On the ground, or in low bushes, of 

 grasses, weeds, and leaves, lined with fine grass 

 stems, roots, and, in some cases, hair. 



EGGS Four to seven ; varying in color from 

 greenish or pinkish white to light bluish green, 

 spotted with dark reddish brown. 

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YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Coccyzus 

 americanus. Other names: "Rain Crow," 

 " Rain Dove," and " Chow-Chow." 



RANGE Eastern North America to British 

 Provinces, west to Great Plains, south in winter, 

 West Indies and Costa Rica. 



NEST In low tree or bush, of dried sticks, 

 bark strips and catkins. 



EGGS Two to four ; of glaucous green which 

 fades on exposure to the light. 

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RUBY THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 

 Trochilus colubris. 



RANGE Eastern North America to the Plains 

 north to the fur countries, and south in winter 

 to Cuba and Veragua. 



NEST A circle an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter, made of fern wool, etc., shingled with 



lichens to match the color of the branch on 

 which it is saddled. 



EGGS Two ; pure white, the size of soup 

 beans. 

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HOUSE WREN. Troglodytes aedon. 



RANGE Eastern United States and southern 

 Canada, west to the Mississippi Valley ; winters 

 in southern portions. 



NEST Miscellaneous rubbish, sticks, grasses, 

 hay, and the like. 



EGGS Usually seven ; white, dotted with 

 reddish brown. 

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PHOEBE. Sayotnis phoebe. Other names : 

 "Pewit," "Pewee." 



RANGE Eastern North America ; in winter 

 south to Mexico and Cuba. 



NEST Compactly and neatly made of mud 

 and vegetable substances, with lining of grass 

 and feathers. 



EGGS Four or five ; pure white, sometimes 

 sparsely spotted with reddish brown dots at 

 larger end. 

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RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Regulus 

 calendula. 



RANGE Entire North America, wintering in 

 the South and in northern Central America. 



NEST Very rare, only six known ; of - hair, 

 feathers, moss, etc., bulky, globular, and 

 partly pensile. 



EGGS Five to uine ; dull whitish or pale 

 puffy, speckled. 

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MOURNING DOVE.Zenaidura macrura. 

 Other names: "Carolina Dove," "Turtle 

 Dove." 



RANGE Whole of temperate North America, 

 south to Panama and the West Indies. 



NEST Rim of twigs sufficient to retain the 

 eggs. 



EGGS Usually two ; white. 



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WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Sitta 

 carolinensis. Other name: "Sapsucker," 

 improperly called. 



RANGE Eastern United States and British 

 Provinces. 



NEST Decayed trunk of tree or stub, from 

 two to six feet from ground, composed of chicken 

 feathers, hair, and dry leaves. 



EGGS Five to eight; white with a roseate 

 tinge, speckled with reddish brown and a slight 

 ! tinge of purple. 



