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Title: Bird homes : the nests, eggs, and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States ; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955
Subjects: Birds -- United States Birds -- Nests
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Range—From Michigan and northern New England(including northwestern Connecticut), the higher regions ofNew York, northward. The nest is always on the ground, generally in damp, woodyplaces or on shrubby slopes, it resembles the nest of the Wil-sons thrush, but is rather larger, and pine needles and moss, aswell as leaves, roots, weeds, etc., are used in its construction.3 or 4 eggs are laid; they are plain bluish green; in very rare casesthey are said to be spotted. Size—.88 x .69. These birds well deserve the name given them, for their usuallysolitary habits are truly hermit-like. In the deep, dark forests,where all is hushed and quiet, the sweet sympathetic notes ofthis famous songster may be heard; few other birds are there tojoin with him in his song to the woods. The Hermit Thrush need never be mistaken for any other ofthe thrush family ; his rufous tail and brownish back are entirelydistinctive. In northern New England the nesting season com-mences towards the end of May. 72
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NEST OF WILSONS THRUSH.Placed on a mound of fnoss-covered earth. Chapter IIICOVERED OR ARCHED NESTS ON GROUND Part I.—in OPEN COUNTRY 289. Bob-white; Quail: Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Eggs white; nest rarely and but roughly arched.See Page 35, Chapter 1. 501. Meadowlark : Sturnella magna (Linn.) AduU—Summer plumage: Back and head warm lightish brown,marked with black and brown; yellow line from the billover the eye, dark brown line from eye to back of neck;throat and breast bright yellow, with black crescent onbreast beginning above bend of wing; tail—outside featherswhite or partly white, middle feathers light brown with darktransverse markings. The winter plumage is much lessbrilliant. Length—10.75. Breeding ^«//^^—Throughout the Eastern States. The nest is built on the ground in open fields, generallywhere there is high grass or young grain. It is formed of grassand is frequently arched or partly so. The eggs, varying from 4 to 6 in number, are white, speckledchiefly at

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