BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER--_Bartramia longicauda._ Other names: "Bartram's
Tattler," "Prairie Pigeon," "Prairie Snipe," "Grass Plover," and "Quaily."
RANGE--Eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska, south in
winter as far as southern South America.
NEST--In a slight depression of the ground.
EGGS--Four, of a pale clay or buff, thickly spotted with umber and
yellowish brown.
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NIGHTINGALE--_Motacilla luscinia_ (Linn.)
RANGE--England, Spain, Portugal, Austria, south to the interior of Africa.
NEST--Cup shape, made of dry leaves, neatly lined with fibrous roots.
EGGS--Four to six, of a deep olive color.
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ROSEATE SPOONBILL--_Ajaja ajaja._
RANGE--Southern United States and southward into southern South America.
NEST--Platform of sticks, built close to the trunk of a tree, from eight to
eighteen feet from the ground.
EGGS--Three or four, white, or buffy-white, blotched, spotted, and stained
with various shades of brown.
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DICKCISSEL--_Spiza americana._ Other names: "Black-throated Bunting,"
"Little Field Lark," and "Judas-bird."
RANGE--Eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains, north to
Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc., south in winter to
northern South America.
NEST--On the ground, in trees, and in bushes.
EGGS--Four or five, almost exactly like those of the Bluebird.
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DUSKY GROUSE--_Dendragapus obscurus._
RANGE--Rocky Mountains, west to Wahsatch, north to central Montana, south
to New Mexico and Arizona.
NEST--On the ground, under shelter of a hollow log or projecting rock, with
merely a a few pine needles scratched together.
EGGS--Eight to fifteen, of buff or cream color, marked all over with small
round spots of umber-brown.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Birds Illustrated by Color Photography
Vol 3. No 4., by Various
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