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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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e outside with small pieces of lichen, fastenedon with spiders or caterpillars web or plant fibres. The nest isabout three-quarters of an inch inside diameter, and usually rathermore than half an inch deep (inside). It is saddled on the branchof a tree at from ten to fifty feet from the ground. There areinstances on record of the nests having been found attached totree trunks and on tall weeds. 2 white eggs are laid. Size—.50 X .30. Of about four hundred species of humming-birds known toornithology the Ruby-throat is the only variety found east of theMississippi. About the first week in May they arrive in the vicinity ofNew York, and begin nesting about three weeks later. Theyoung remain in the nest for some three weeks. 459. Olive-sided Flycatcher: Contopus borealis(Swains.) Adult—Upper parts olive brown ; under parts, throat, belly, aline down the middle of the breast, and the flanks white,more or less tinged with lemon yellow ; rest of under partsolive brown. Length—7.40. 172
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Nests Saddled on Branches Breeding Range—From Pennsylvania, northern New jersey, andMassachusetts northward. The nest is of twigs, thin strips of bark, weed stalk, andlined with grass and moss. It is rather shallow, and is placedusually on a branch of an evergreen tree at some distance fromthe trunk, at a considerable height from the ground. The eggs,numbering from 3 to 4, and rarely 5, are creamy white, spotted,chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown and dull lilac.Size—.82 X .62. The breeding season commences late in May or early in June,according to locality. 461. Wood Pewee: Contopus virens (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts dark olive brown, more or less tinged withdull green ; wings dull brown with two white bars ; underparts pale gray, slightly tinged with yellow. Length—6.50. Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States. The nest is a compact structure, with a thin floor and fairlythick low sides. It is composed of fine grass, moss, and stripsof bark, with a coating of

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