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Cii|it!iiii I5('ii(lir<' luiind it iiKirc (•oimuoii than cither of tiic otlicr two Hiiccics of Teal 

 ill Eastern ()^e^,'oIl, wliere it iu-eeds in hii^'e iiiiiiiiieis. It lie^jins hiyiii},' al)out May Ifi, 

 and not infrefiuentiy lie found its nest jdaeed a limidred yards or more from tho 

 nearest water. J)r. Merrill states that it passes through Texas in its miK'rations, lait 

 is more ahiiudaiit there in the H]iriii}^' than in the autumn. 



Its nest is rom|M)spd of eoarse (,'rass lined with feathers from the breast of tho 

 mother, and is jilaced in the nuirshes, usually near ponds and still water. The ej,'<,'s 

 are from twelve to fouiteen in luimher, and are descriltcd by some writers as of a 

 pale ^reen color; hut I have lu'ver seen any to which this description apjilics. 



Dr. (!ooper ohtaiiu'd an t'\ni, just ready for exclusion, from a female killed on the 

 22d of .Finie, at a jiond close to the sea-hcach near San !)iej,'o. lie describes it as 

 bluish white, and as measuring,' l.(i(> inches in lenj;th and l.'oJ inches in breadth. 

 After tho vfi^ is laid the color becomes sonu'what different. EkK** "t this H])ecies 

 from Fort Crook, Cal. (Smithsonian Institution, No. rt'J't'J), .are of an ivory-whito 

 color, with a deep creamy tin),'e. Three ej,'ji,'s present the following? nu-asurcmcnts : 

 1.85 by 1.40 inches, l."^ by l.;{") inches, l.i)() by I. .'{."> inches. 



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