SUMMARY. 
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SHARP - TAILED GROUSE — Pediocates 
phasianellus campestris. Other names: 
Sprig-Tail, Pin-Tail, White Belly. 
Range — 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. 
Page 170. 
RED BAT — Atalapha noveboracensis. 
Other name: "New York Bat." 
Range — Throughout all the Atlantic coast 
states. 
Page 170. 
BLACK BAT — Scotophilus carolinensis. 
Other name: " Carolina Bat." 
Range — Common throughout North 
America. 
Page 174. 
AMERICAN OTTER— Lutra canadensis. 
Range — All parts of temperate North 
America, encroaching closely on the Arctic 
region. 
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GOLDEN PLOVER— Charadrius domin- 
ions. 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. 
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CANADIAN PORCUPINE— Erethizon dor- 
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. 
Page 191. 
CASPIAN TERN— 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. 
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FLOWERING ALMOND— Amygdalus com- 
munis. Native of Calmuck, Tartary. 
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