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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: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: York University - University of Toronto Libraries

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red to all others, althoughfrequently the black-walnut, maple, apple, weeping-willow, oralmost any other tree may be selected. The most likely place tofind the nest is in the large trees along the roadside, near houses. The young may be reared without much difficulty, and Iknow of few other birds that better repay the trouble of bringingup; they are thoroughly sociable, and are a constant source ofamusement and interest; seldom quiet, they delight in findingpieces of thread or string, which they weave and unweave in atruly wonderful manner. (1 have some reason to think that themale birds do not weave.) They become so tame that evenwhen allowed to fiy out of doors they will return to their cage. The nesting season begins about the third week in May. 623. Black-whiskered Vireo: Vireo calidris barbatulus (Cab.) Adult—Similar to the next species, but somewhat duller above,and with a fuscous streak on either side of the throat.(Chapman.) Breeding Range—The southern part of Florida. 116
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PENDANT NEST OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Semi-Pensile, Pensile or Hanging Nests The nest is a cup-like structure, hung at the fork of a branch;It is made of shreds of bark, grasses, lichen, and spiders web,with the lining of cotton-like fibre. The eggs, numbering 3 to 4,are pinkish white, with fine spots and specks of brown. Size—.78 X .55. 624. Red-eyed Vireo: Vireo olivaceus (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts olive green; a dark line on either side ofcrown; a whitish line over the eye; under parts white; theiris is red. Length—6.23. Breeding Range—From the Gulf States northward. The nest is made of grasses, thin strips of bark, lichen,spiders web, and plant fibre, with the lining of grass and some-times hair. It is cup-shaped, the rim being securely laced to theforked twigs; from four to forty-five feet from the ground. 3 to 5eggs are laid; they are white with a few dark specks. Size—.85 X .56. This is the most common of our vireos, being found through-out the woodland. The nests vary

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