SUMMARY. 



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SOUTH AMERICAN RHEA. Rhea amer- 

 icana. Other name: "Ostrich." 



RANGE Paraguay and southern Brazil 

 through the State of La Plata to Patagonia. 



NEST In the ground, dug by the female 

 with her feet. 



EGGS Twenty and upwards. 



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BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. Dendroica 

 castanea. Other name: "Autumnal Warbler." 



RANGE Eastern North America, westward 

 to Hudson Bay; south in winter to Central 

 America. 



NEST Of fine shreds of bark, small twigs, 

 roots and, pine hair. 



EGGS Four, white, with bluish tinge, finely 

 speckled on or round the larger end. 



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BLACK - NECKED STILT. Himantopus 

 mexicanus. Other names: "Lawyer," "Long 

 Shanks," "Pink-Stockings." 



RANGE The whole of temperate North 

 America, middle America, and northern South 

 America, south to Peru and Brazil; West Indies 

 in general, and Bermudas; north on the Atlantic 

 coast to Maine. More generally distributed 

 and more abundant in the western than in the 

 eastern province. 



NEST Small sticks and roots, in the grass 

 on the margin of a lake or river. 



EGGS Three or four, greenish-yellow. 



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PINTAIL. Dafila acuta. Other names: 

 Sprig-tail; Spike- tail; Pike-tail; Picket-tail; 

 Pheasant Duck; Sea Pheasant; Water Pheasant; 

 Long-neck. 



RANGE Nearly the entire northern hemis- 

 phere, breeding chiefly far northward, in North 



America, migrating south in winter as far as 

 Panama and Cuba. 



NEST In tall bunches of prairie grass, 

 seldom far from water. 



EGGS Eight or nine, of a dull grayish olive. 



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DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED PARROT. 

 Conurus mexicanus. 



RANGE Eastern coast of Mexico. 

 NEST In holes of trees. 

 EGGS Two. 



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MAGNOLIA WARBLER. Dendroica macu- 

 losa. Other name: "Black and Yellow Warbler." 



RANGE Eastern North America, west to 

 eastern base of Rocky Mountains; winters in 

 Bahamas, Cuba (rare), eastern Mexico and 

 Central America. 



NEST Loosely put together, of fine twigs, 

 coarse grasses, and dry weed-stalks, lined with 

 fine black roots resembling horse hair. 



EGGS Pour, creamy white, spotted and 

 blotched with various shades of reddish-brown, 

 hazel and chestnut. 



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GREAT BLUE HERON. Ardea hetodias. 

 Other names: "Sand-hill Crane;" "Blue 

 Crane." 



RANGE The whole of North and middle 

 America, excepting Arctic districts; north to 

 Hudson's Bay, fur countries, and Sitka; south 

 to Columbia, Venzuela ; Bermudas, and 

 throughout the West Indies. 



NEST In high trees along rivers, or in the 

 depths of retired swamps. 



EGGS Commonly three or four, of a plain 

 greenish blue. 



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