SUMMARY 



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SUMMER TAN ACER. Piranha rubra. 

 Other names : "Summer Red-bird," "Rose 

 Tanager." 



RANGE Eastern United States west to the 

 edge of the Plains; north 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. 



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 AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 



Anser albifrons gambeli. 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. Arenaria 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. Aegi- 



alitis meloda circumcincta. 



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. 



EGGS Ten to fourteen, pale cream buff, finely 

 and evenly speckled with grayish brown. 



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"WILD TURKEY Meleagris gallopava. 



RANGE Eastern 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 Dendrczca caeru- 

 lea. Other 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. Phae- 

 thonflavirostris. 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-One, ground color of purplish brownish 

 white, covered with fine reddish chocolate- 

 colored spots. (Davie.) 

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EUROPEAN KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida. 



RANGE 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 mexicanus. 



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. Passerina amoena. 

 Other name : ' Lazuli Painted Finch." 



RANGE Western United States from the 

 Great Plains to the Pacific'; south in winter to 

 Western Mexico. 



NEST In 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. 



