SUMMARY. 



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MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD. Sialia arctica. 

 Other names: "Rocky Mountain" and 

 "Arctic Bluebird." 



RANGE Rocky Mountain region, north to 

 Great Slave Lake, south to Mexico, west to the 

 higher mountain ranges along the Pacific. 



NEST Placed in deserted Woodpecker holes, 

 natural cavities of trees, nooks and corners of 

 barns and outhouses ; composed of dry grass. 



EGGS Commonly five, of pale, plain greenish 

 blue. 



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ENGLISH SPARROW. Passer domesticus. 

 Other names: "European Sparrow," "House 

 Sparrow." 



RANGE Southern Europe. Introduced into 

 and naturalized in North America, Australia, 

 and other countries. 



NEST Of straw and refuse generally, in 

 holes, boxes, trees, any place that will afford 

 protection. 



EGGS Five to seven. 



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ALLEN'S HUMMING BIRD. Selasphorus 

 alleni. 



RANGE Pacific coast, north to British Colum- 

 bia, east to southern Arizona. 



NEST Plant down, covered with lichens. 



EGGS Two, white. 



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GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Anas caroli- 

 nensis. 



RANGE North America, migrating south to 

 Honduras and Cuba. 



NEST On the ground, in a thick growth 

 of grass. 



EGGS Five to eight, greenish-buff, usually 

 oval. 



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BLACK GROUSE. Tetrao tetrix. Other 

 name: " Black Cock. " 



RANGE Southern Europe and the British 

 Islands. 



NEST Carelessly made, of grasses and stout 

 herbage, on the ground. 



EGGS Six to ten, of yellowish gray, with 

 spots of light brown. 



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AMERICAN FLAMINGO. Phcenicopterus 

 ruber. 



RANGE. Atlantic coasts of sub-tropical and 

 tropical America ; Florida Keys. 



NEST Mass of earth , sticks, and other 

 material scooped up to the height of several feet 

 and hollow at the top. 



EGGS. One or two, elongate-ovate in shape, 

 with thick shell, roughened with a white flakey 

 substance, but bluis'i when this is scraped off. 

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VERDIN. Auriparus flaviceps. Other 

 name : ' ' Yellow-headed Bush Tit. ' ' 



RANGE Northern regions of Mexico and 

 contiguous portions of the United States, from 

 southern Texas to Arizona and Lower California. 



NEST Globular, the outside being one mass 

 of thorny twigs and stems interwoven, and 

 lined with feathers. 



EGGS Three to six, of a bluish or greenish 

 white color, speckled with reddish brown. 

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BRONZED GRACKLE. Quiscalus quiscula 

 ceneus. 



RANGE Eastern North America from the 

 Alleghanies and New England north to Hudson 

 Bay, west to the Rocky Mountains. 



NEST In sycamore trees and oak woodlands 

 a coarse bulky structure of grasses, knotty roots, 

 mixed with mud, lined with horse hair or wool. 



EGGS Four to six, of a light greenish or 

 smoky-blue, with lines, dots, blotches and 

 scrawls on the surface. 



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RING-NECKED PHEASANT. Phasianus 

 torquatus. 



RANGE Throughout China ; have been 

 introduced into England and the United States. 



NEST On the ground under bushes. 



EGGS Vary, from thirteen to twenty. 

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YELLOW - BREASTED CHAT. Ideria 

 virens. 



RANGE Eastern United States to the Great 

 Plains, north to Ontario and southern New 

 England ; south in winter through eastern 

 Mexico to Northern Central America. 



NEST In briar thickets from two to five feet 

 up, of withered leaves, dry grasses, strips of' 

 bark, lined with finer grasses. 



EGGS Three or four, white, with a glossy 

 surface. 



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