SUMMARY. 



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BLACK DUCK. Anas obscura. Other 

 name: "Dusky Duck." 



RANGE North America ; breeds from Illinois 

 and New Jersey to Hudson Bay and Labrador ; 

 winters southward to the Greater Antilles. 



NEST On the ground, in grass or rushes in 

 the neighborhood of ponds, pools, and streams. 



EGGS Eistfit to twelve, pale greenish or 

 bluish white, or creamy buff. 



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WILSON'S PETREL. Oceanites oceanicus. 



RANGE Atlantic Ocean ; breeds in southern 

 seas (Kenguelen Island) and migrates north- 

 ward, spending the summer off our coasts. 



NEST In the crevices of rocks. 



EGG One, white. 



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BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. Poliop- 

 tila caerulea. 



RANGE Eastern United States ; breeds from 

 the Gulf States to northern Illinois, southern 

 Ontario and New Jersey, and wanders rarely to 

 Minnesota and Maine ; winters from Florida 

 southward. 



NEST Of fine strips of bark and fine grasses 

 firmly interwoven and covered with lichens, on 

 branch or in crotch of tree, ten to sixty feet up^ 



EGGS Four or five, bluish white, thickly 

 spotted and speckled with brown. 



COOT. Fulica Americana. 

 "Mud-hen," "Crow Duck," 



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AMERICAN 

 Other names : 

 "Blue Peter." 



RANGE North America as far north as Alaska 

 and New Brunswick and Greenland ; breeds 

 throughout its range. 



NEST Of reeds and grasses, among reeds in 

 fresh water marshes. 



EGGS Eight to fifteen, pale, buffy white, 

 speckled with chocolate on black. 



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 IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. Cam- 



pephilus principalis. 



RANGE Formerly South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, from North Carolina to Texas 4 north in 

 the Mississippi valley to Missouri, southern 

 Illinois, and southern Indiana. Now restricted 

 to the Gulf States and the lower Mississippi 

 Valley, where only locally distributed. (A.O.U.) 



NEST In the higher part of a tree. 



EGGS Three have been found. 



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AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. Falco 

 sparverius. Other name : "KillyHawk." 



RANGE From Florida to Hudson Bay, and 

 winters from New Jersey southward. 



NEST In a hole in a tree, frequently in a 

 Woodpecker's deserted nest. 



EGGS Three to seven, creamy white to rufous, 

 generally finely and evenly marked with shades 

 of the ground color. 



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SILVER PHEASANT. Phasianus nycthe- 

 merus. Other name : " Penciled." 



RANGE Throughout China. 



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SCALED PARTRIDGE. Callipepla squam- 

 ata. Other name : "Blue Quail." 



RANGE Northwestern Mexico and border of 

 the United States, from western Texas to New 

 Mexico and southern Arizona. 



NEST A slight depression under a bush, lined 

 with a few coarse grasses. 



EGGS Eight to sixteen, of a buffy-white or 

 cream color, irregularly dotted with specks of 

 light brown. 



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