SUMMARY. 



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OVENBIRD Seiurus aurocapellus. Other 

 names: "The Teacher," " Wood Wagtail," 

 " Golden Crowned Accentor." 



RANGE United States to Pacific Slope. 



NEST On the ground, oven-shape. 



EGGS Three to six, white or creamy white, 

 glossy, spotted. 



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 ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 



Picoides arcticus. Other name: "Black- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker." 



RANGE Northern North America, south to 

 northern border of the United States, and 

 farther on high mountain ranges. In the 

 mountains of the west (Sierra Nevada, etc.) 

 south to about 39, where it breeds. 



NEST In dead trees, not more than five or 

 six feet from the ground. 



EGGS Four to six, pure ivory white. 



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BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER Bartramia 

 longicauda. Other names: "Bartram's 

 Tattler," "Prairie Pigeon," "Prairie Snipe," 

 ' Grass Plover," and ' Quaily." 



RANGE Eastern North America, north to 

 Nova Scotia and Alaska, south in winter as far 

 as southern South America. 



NEST In a slight depression of the ground. 



EGGS Four, of a pale clay or buff, thickly 

 spotted with umber and yellowish brown. 



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NIGHTINGALE Motacilla luscinia (Linn.) 

 RANGE England, Spain, Portugal, Austria, 



south to the interior of Africa. 



NEST Cup shape, made of dry leaves, 

 neatly lined with fibrous roots. 

 EGGS Four to six, of a deep olive color. 



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ROSEATE SPOONBILL Ajaja ajaja. 



RANGE Southern United States and south- 

 ward into southern South America. 



NEST Platform of sticks, built close to the 

 trunk of a tree, from eight to eighteen feet 

 from the ground. 



EGGS Three or four, white, or buffy-white, 

 blotched, spotted, and stained with various 

 shades of brown. 



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DICKCISSEL Spiza americana. Other 

 names: " Black-throated Bunting," "Little 

 Field Lark," and "Judas-bird." 



RANGE Eastern United States to the Rocky 

 Mountains, north to Massachusetts, New York, 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc., south in winter to 

 northern South America. 



NEST On the ground, in trees, and in 

 bushes. 



EGGS Four or five, almost exactly like those 

 of the Bluebird. 



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DUSKY GROUSE Dendragapus obscurus. 



RANGE Rocky Mountains, west to Wah- 

 satch, north to central Montana, south to New 

 Mexico and Arizona. 



NEST On the ground, under shelter of a 

 hollow log or projecting rock, with merely a 

 a few pine needles scratched together. 



EGGS Eight to fifteen, of buff or cream 

 color, marked all over with small round spots 

 of umber-brown. 



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