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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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setts. The nest is made of moss, lined with fine grass and fine blackroots and pine needles, usually imbedded in moss in the upturnedroots of a fallen tree, or even in a decayed stump. 4 and pos-sibly 5 eggs are laid; they are creamy white, speckled or spotted,chiefly at the larger end, with light chestnut. Size—.70 x .so. Not very much is known of the breeding habits of this bird,comparatively few nests having been taken; breeding, as theyusually do in the forests remote from civilisation, together with thefact that the nest is carefully concealed and therefore very hard tofind, renders the studying of their nesting habits an extremelydifficult task. The breeding season probably begins in June. 486a. Northern Raven : Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. It is possible that this sub-species of raven breeds within theUnited States, although I find no authentic record of its doing so.The bird is blue black, and is about four or five inches longerthan the common crow (Corvus americanus). 86
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Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Etc. The nest is usually built on cliffs in more or less inaccessibleplaces, and sometimes in trees; it is composed of large sticksclosely and artistically arranged, with a lining of coarse grasses,sea-weed, and wool (Davie). 2 to 7 eggs are laid; they aregreenish blue, spotted, blotched, and streaked more or lessheavily with olive brown. Size—1.90 x 1.27. English Sparrow: Passer domesticus (Linn.) This bird of foreign extraction was brought here from Eng-land in 1851, and for some years confined itself to the largercities; since about 1870, however, it has been rapidly spreading,and may be found everywhere, in country and town, through-out the Eastern States; it has even crossed the great plains,and will probably soon be common in the West. The nest isplaced either in buildings or trees, more often the former; it isof very irregular size, and of no particular shape, its size andshape depending on the amount of vacant space and the num-ber of broo

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