Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Etc. 



The nest is usually built on cliffs in more or less inaccessible 

 places, and sometimes in trees; it is composed of "large sticks 

 closely and artistically arranged, with a lining of coarse grasses, 

 sea- weed, and wool" (Davie). 2 to 7 eggs are laid; they are 

 greenish blue, spotted, blotched, and streaked more or less 

 heavily with olive brown. Size — 1.90 x 1.27. 



English Sparrow: Passer domesticus (Linn.) 



This bird of foreign extraction was brought here from Eng- 

 land in 1851, and for some years confined itself to the larger 

 cities; since about 1870, however, it has been rapidly spreading, 

 and may be found everywhere, in country and town, through- 

 out the Eastern States; it has even crossed the great plains, 

 and will probably soon be common in the West. The nest is 

 placed either in buildings or trees, more often the former; it is 

 of very irregular size, and of no particular shape, its size and 

 shape depending on the amount of vacant space and the num- 

 ber of broods reared. The breeding season ^begins almost before 

 winter has gone and lasts till late in the autumn. The eggs 

 are generally whitish, thickly marked with dark gray or olive; 

 sometimes they are 'plain gray. Size — About .80 x .60. 



567. Snowbird; Junco: Junco hyemalis (Linn.) 



Eggs greenish or bluish white, with fine spots and some- 

 times blotched with reddish and purple, brown and lilac, chiefly 

 in a wreath round the larger end. 



See Page 61, Chapter 11. 



567e. Carolina Junco: J. h. carolinensis Brewst. 



Eggs same as the preceding, but somewhat larger. 

 See Page 61, Chapter II. 



611. Purple Martin : Progne subis (Linn.) 



Adult a —Blue black. 



Adults — Upper parts blue black; under parts grayish, with 



indistinct white tips to the feathers; belly white. Length 



—8.00. 

 Breeding Range — Throughout the United States. 



