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Birds, Vol. III, No 3, March 1898

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<h2>SUMMARY.</h2> Page 86. BLACK DUCK.—Anas obscura. Other name: "Dusky Duck." Range—North America; breeds from Illinois and New Jersey to Hudson Bay and Labrador; winters southward to the Greater Antilles. Nest—On the ground, in grass or rushes in the neighborhood of ponds, pools, and streams. Eggs—Eight to twelve, pale greenish or bluish white, or creamy buff. <hr class="w5" /> Page 90. WILSON'S PETREL.—Oceanites oceanicus. Range—Atlantic Ocean; breeds in southern seas (Kerguelen Island) and migrates northward, spending the summer off our coasts. Nest—In the crevices of rocks. Egg—One, white. <hr class="w5" /> Page 94. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER.—Polioptila caerulea. Range—Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States to northern Illinois, southern Ontario and New Jersey, and wanders rarely to Minnesota and Maine; winters from Florida southward. Nest—Of fine strips of bark and fine grasses firmly interwoven and covered with lichens, on branch or in crotch of tree, ten to sixty feet up. Eggs—Four or five, bluish white, thickly spotted and speckled with brown. <hr class="w5" /> Page 98. AMERICAN COOT.—Fulica Americana. Other names: "Mud-hen," "Crow Duck," "Blue Peter." Range—North America as far north as Alaska and New Brunswick and Greenland; breeds throughout its range. Nest—Of reeds and grasses, among reeds in fresh water marshes. Eggs—Eight to fifteen, pale, buffy white, speckled with chocolate on black. <hr class="w5" /> Page 103. IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER.—Campephilus principalis. Range—Formerly South Atlantic and Gulf States, from North Carolina to Texas; north in the Mississippi valley to Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana. Now restricted to the Gulf States and the lower Mississippi Valley, where only locally distributed. (A.O.U.) Nest—In the higher part of a tree. Eggs—Three have been found. <hr class="w5" /> Page 107. AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK.—Falco sparverius. Other name: "Killy Hawk." Range—From Florida to Hudson Bay, and winters from New Jersey southward. Nest—In a hole in a tree, frequently in a Woodpecker's deserted nest. Eggs—Three to seven, creamy white to rufous, generally finely and evenly marked with shades of the ground color. <hr class="w5" /> Page 111. SILVER PHEASANT.—Phasianus nycthemerus. Other name: "Penciled." Range—Throughout China. <hr class="w5" /> Page 115. SCALED PARTRIDGE.—Callipepla squamata. Other name: "Blue Quail." Range—Northwestern Mexico and border of the United States, from western Texas to New Mexico and southern Arizona. Nest—A slight depression under a bush, lined with a few coarse grasses. Eggs—Eight to sixteen, of a buffy-white or cream color, irregularly dotted with specks of light brown. <hr class="chap" /> <div class="transnote"> <h3>Transcriber's Note:</h3> <ul> <li>Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.</li> <li>Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.</li> <li>Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.</li> <li>The Contents table was added by the transcriber.</li> </ul></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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