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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: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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cage to fly about in the large wire enclosure;instead of taking advantage of this freedom, he instantly flew tothe topmost part, and there sat by the hour immovable, lookingmuch like an awkwardly mounted bird. During the two months1 had him there was no change in his behaviour, and seeing noth-ing to be gained by keeping so uninteresting a pet, 1 set himfree ; immediately his whold manner changed, and he resembleda real live catbird. With tail erect in proper catbird fashion, hecommenced searching for insects, which previously he had nevereven noticed, so I decided after all that he was exceeding clever. The breeding season commences about the middle of May,and two broods are frequently reared. 705. Brown Thrasher: Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.) Eggs usually greenish with numerous small light brownspots. See Page 50, Chapter I. 751. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Polioptila caerulea (Linn.) Eggs white tinged with green or blue and spotted withvarious shades of brown. See Page 174, Chapter IX.168
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NEST OF WOOD THRUSH, WITH PIECES OF NEWSPAPER USED IN CONSTRUCTION Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines 755. Wood Thrush: Turdus mustelinus Gmel. AduU—Upper parts reddish brown or cinnamon, rump and tailless brilliant; under parts white tinged slightly with buff onthe breast, and heavily marked with round black spots.Length—8.30. Breeding Range—Throughout the Eastern States, northward fromVirginia and Kentucky, rare north of Massachusetts. The nest is bulky, somewhat deeper than the robins, whichit otherwise resembles. It is made of dead leaves (usually beechleaves), used chiefly as the foundation, weed stems, roots, mud,paper, rags, and sometimes snake-skin. It is placed either in acrotch or on a horizontal branch, usually within ten feet of theground. 3 to 4, rarely 5, eggs are laid ; they are greenish blue,lighter and less green than those of the catbird. Size—1.05 x.70. See Fig. 11, Plate D. Either in the woods, or in the shrubbery near the house, theWood Thrush builds his nes

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