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Purple Grackle A.O.U.NO. - 511 

 (Quiscalus quisculaT 



DATE - April 5. 1932 

 NO . - 



INCUBATION- 



Fresh 



SIZES - 



1.10 x 0.?8 

 1.12 x 0.78 

 1.09 x 0.79 



1.11 x 0.79 

 1.10 x 0.80 



SITUATION - In a small grove of water 

 birches, about twenty in number, a flock of 

 these Grackles chose to make their home. All 

 of these relatively small (15-25* high) trees 

 with the exception of two, had at least one 

 nest and some had as many as three. The one 

 which contained these five fresh, oval, 

 slightly glossy, pale bluish-green eggs spot- 

 ted, splotched and scrawled with various 

 shades of tan and dark brown, was composed 

 of weed stalks and heavy grasses reinforced 

 with mud. The lining consisted of finer grass 

 and one or two feathers. The nest was rather 

 bulky and also contained several small pieces 

 of paper. 



The nest dimensions were 



Greatest outside diameter 

 Inside " 

 Height 



Inside depth 



8" 



2 



31 ii 

 2 



At Ball Park, Big Stone Gap, Va. 



(Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula) 



A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



