throughout their North American range 

 as far to the north as the Arctic regions. 

 Their beautiful nests which are generally 

 built in the shrubs and trees of lawns, 

 parks and orchards, are made of grayish 

 hempen fibers, fine stems, leaves, grasses, 

 plant down and the silky threads of cat- 

 erpillars, and they are lined with plant 

 down, long hairs, fine grasses and feath- 

 ers. The number of eggs in the sets 

 varies from three to five. 



The Red-eyed Vireos (Vireo oliva- 

 ceus) breed from the Gulf States north- 

 ward to Labrador and Manitoba. The 

 nests of these joyful songsters are pen- 

 sile and hung by the rim to forked twigs 

 to which they are securely laced. They 

 are cup-shaped, varying from four to 

 forty feet above the ground, and made 

 of well woven strips of fibrous bark, 

 grasses, plant fibers, spiders' webs, plant 

 down and pieces of paper. They are 

 lined with fine grasses, fibers, tendrils, 

 hair and feathers. The sets of white 

 eggs vary from three to five. 



The Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius 

 ludovicianus) or Butcher Birds breed 

 east of the Alleghanies from the Gulf 

 States northward to Virginia, and occa- 

 sionally to southern New Jersey. West 

 of these mountains they nest, northward 

 to the Great Lakes and through western 

 Pennsylvania and New York to the New 

 England States. The nests are quite 

 bulky and loosely constructed with twigs, 

 pieces of fibrous bark, vegetable fibers, 

 grasses, leaves and weed stems. They 

 are lined with grass and frequently with 

 feathers or wool. They are placed in 

 hedges or trees at less than ten feet 

 above the ground. The number of eggs 

 in the sets vary from three to five. 



The Cedar Waxwings {Ampelis ce- 

 drorum), Cedar-birds or Cherry-birds 

 have a breeding range which extends 

 from ''Virginia, the southern Allegha- 

 nies, Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona north- 

 ward." Their nests are quite bulky and 

 made of shreds of bark, rootlets, twigs, 

 grasses, weeds, rags and twine. Some- 

 times mud and other materials are also 

 used. They are usually placed in fruit, 

 shade or orchard trees at an altitude 

 from five to twenty-five feet above the 

 ground and the nests are lined with 



either fine grasses, hair, wool or feathers. 

 The sets of eggs vary from three to five. 



The Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon 

 lunifrons) or Eave Swallows breed 

 throughout their summer range from a 

 short distance north of the Gulf States 

 to Labrador, on the Atlantic Coast, and 

 in the interior quite to the Arctic Ocean. 

 Their nests are built of mud, at times 

 with the addition of grass fragments, and 

 they. are lined with feathers and grass. 

 They are built beneath the eaves or raft- 

 ers of buildings or beneath cliffs. The 

 number of eggs in the sets of these 

 Swallows, which nest in colonies, varies 

 from four to five. 



The Martins (Progne subis) breed 

 throughout their summer range which 

 extends as far north as Newfoundland 

 and the Saskatchewan region. Their 

 nests of straws, twigs, grasses or, in fact, 

 of any available material are generally 

 built in houses or other good receptacles 

 erected for them. The birds also, at 

 times, build their nests in buildings. 

 The eggs are white and vary from four 

 to five in the sets. These birds are much 

 more common in the southern than in 

 the northern portion of their range. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Hahia 

 hidoviciana) breeds from Kansas and 

 the higher regions or North Carolina and 

 Virginia northward to Manitoba and 

 Maine. The nests of these beautiful and 

 musical birds are built in bushes, vines 

 or trees at an altitude of from five to 

 twenty-five feet. The shallow nests are 

 built of fine twigs, vines, weeds, small 

 rootlets and grasses. The sets of eggs 

 vary from three to five. 



The Scarlet Tanagers (Piranga ery- 

 thromelas) have a breeding range which 

 extends from the Ohio River and Vir- 

 ginia northward to New Brunswick and 

 Manitoba. They build their nests in al- 

 most any tree from those of orchards and 

 roadsides to the deep woods. The nests 

 are not strong structures and have a thin 

 wall built of fine twigs, rootlets and 

 straws. They are lined with fine vine 

 tendrils, blossom stems and sometimes 

 hairs and feathers. They are usually 

 built near the end of a horizontal branch 

 and from five to twenty-five feet above 

 the ground. The sets of eggs of this at- 



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