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is truly a splendid bird, so nearly similar to our own 

 home beauty, that the skilful naturalist is alone able 

 to distinguish the one from the other; in size, habits, 

 flight, and even call, they are essentially alike. 



Spending the winter months in the Southern States, 

 principally in those that border the Gulf of Mexico, 

 as spring advances they follow up northward the 



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line of demarcation between frost and thaw, ultimately 

 arriving in that boundless expanse which stretches 

 northwards from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. 

 Up in this remote haunt is their principal breeding 

 ground, although occasionally a nest may be found 

 much further to the south ; but in such instances I 

 have been induced to believe that either the male or 

 the female bird had met with an accident, and thus 



