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Title: The birds of Albany County; a catalogue of the species recorded in this vicinity with notes on their lives and habits, and brief field-marks for aid in identification
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Judd, Wilbur Webster
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Albany, N. Y. (Press of Brandow printing co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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State and in Massachusetts, though its northernrange is now generally limited to New Jersey. Chapman saysthat it is common in the Southern States, wandering casuallyto Nova Scotia. If it should be ones good fortune to comeupon this bird it can be mistaken for no other. It appears adull red all over; the Scarlet Tanager is much more brilliantlycolored and has black wings and tail. The nest and eggs of the Summer Tanager are similar tothose of the Scarlet Tanager. Family Fringillidae Indigo Bunting; Indigo-bird.—Cyanospiza cyanea.5.59 Field marks.—Entire body blue, deepest on upper parts, backshowing brilliant greenish tinge in strong light; wings andtail dull black with grayish margins. Female, brownish,with faint tinge of indigo on wings and tail. This lovely little bird is a common summer resident ofAlbany County, but seems to have a preference for roadsides,where, from mid-June to the latter part of August, the malesare heard uttering their trilling warble from a telegraph wire
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o o o O rN w -4 h « 3 O ^ Rose-breasted Grosbeak 77 or tree-top. The nest, a grassy cup, is placed in a bush closeto the ground. Four or five bluish-white eggs are laid. Rose-breasted Grosbeak.—Zamelodia ludovkiana.8.12 Common Summer Resident Field marks.—Large angular spot of rose-red on breast, thelower point often extending in a narrow line down thewhite belly; head, throat, upper back and wings black;rump white; wings flecked with white; bill thick. When the novice meets this strikingly handsome bird forthe first time he is apt to believe that he has encountered somewanderer from the Tropics. Later, when the denizens of thefeathered world have become known and it is found that theRose-breasted Grosbeak is quite common in this vicinity, thestudent experiences a feeling of gratitude that Mother Naturehas been so kind. The rose-red breast and the black andwhite upper parts of the male render identification easy; thefemale looks like an enlarged edition of a sparrow. The nestand

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