SUMMARY. 



SHARP - TAILED GROUSE — Pedioastes 

 phasianellus campesiris. Other names: 

 Sprig--Tail, Pin-Tail, White Belly. 



Rangk — Plains and prairies east of the 

 Rocky Mountains; east to Wisconsin, north 

 to Manitoba, south to New Mexico. 



Nest — In a tuft of grass or under a low 

 bush. 



Eggs — Six to thirteen. 



RED BAT — Atalapha noveboracensis. 

 Other name: "New York Bat." 



Range — Throughout all the Atlantic coast 

 states. 



BLACK BAT — Scotophilus carolinensis. 

 Other name: "Carolina Bat." 



Range — Common throughout North 

 America. 



AMERICAN OTTER— Lutra canadensis. 



Range — All parts of temperate North 

 America, encroaching closely on the Arctic 

 region. 



GOLDEN PLOVER— Ckaradrius domin- 

 icus. Other names: Frost Bird, Bull Head. 



Range — Nearly the whole of North Amer- 

 ica, breeding in the Arctic regions; south in 

 winter to Patagonia. 



Nest — In a small depression among the 

 moss and dried grass of a small knoll. 



Eggs — Four, of a pale yellowish ground 

 color, with dark umber-brown spots scat- 

 tered over the shell. 



CANADIAN POROJPl^E-Erethizondor^ 

 satus. 



Range — A native of the forests of North 

 America, from the sixty-seventh parallel of 

 north latitude south to Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky, the eastern and western boundaries 

 being Labrador and the Rocky Mountains. 



CASPIAN TER^—Sterna tschograva. 



Range — Nearly cosmopolitan; in North 

 America, breeding southward to Virginia, 

 Lake Michigan, Texas, Nevada, and Cali- 

 fornia. 



Nest — A mere hollow scooped in the dry 

 sand. 



Eggs — Two or three, varying from white 

 to greenish-buff, spotted with brown and 

 lilac of different shades. 



FLOWERING ALMOND - A my gd a I us com- 

 munis. Native of Calmuck, Tartary. 



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