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#LEAST BITTERN.#--_Botaurus exilis._
RANGE--Temperate North America, from the British Provinces to the West
Indies and South America.
NEST--In the thick rushes, along the edge of the water, bending down the
tops of water grass and plaiting it into a snug little nest, about two
or three feet above the water.
EGGS--Three or five, pale bluish or greenish-white.
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#BALDPATE.#--_Anas americana._
RANGE--North America from the Arctic ocean south to Guatemala and Cuba.
NEST--On the ground in marshes, of grass and weeds, neatly arranged and
nicely hollowed; usually lined with the down and feathers from its own
breast.
EGGS--Eight to twelve, of pale buff.
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#PURPLE FINCH.#--_Carpodacus purpureus._ Other names: "Purple Grosbeak,"
"Crimson Finch," "Linnet."
RANGE--Eastern North America, breeding from Northern United States
northward.
NEST--In evergreens or orchard trees, at a moderate distance from the
ground. Composed of weed-stalks, bark-strips, rootlets, grasses, all
kinds of vegetable fibres, and lined with hairs.
EGGS--Four or five, of a dull green, spotted with very dark brown,
chiefly about the larger end.
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#RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.#--_Melanerpes carolinus._ Other name: "Zebra
Bird."
RANGE--Eastern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains, south to
Florida and Central Texas.
NEST--In holes in decayed trees, twenty or thirty feet from the ground.
EGGS--Four or six, glossy white.
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#SAW-WHET OWL.#--_Nyctale acadica._ Other name: "Acadian Owl."
RANGE--Whole of North America; breeding from middle United States
northward.
NEST--In holes, trees, or hollow trunks.
EGGS--Four to seven, white.
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#BLACK SWAN.#--_Cygnus atratus._
RANGE--Australia.
NEST--On a tussock entirely surrounded by water.
EGGS--Two to five.
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#SNOWY PLOVER.#--_Aegialitis nivosa._
RANGE--Western North America, south to Mexico in winter, both coasts of
Central America, and in western South America to Chile.
NEST--On the ground.
EGGS--Three, ground color, pale buff or clay color, marked with
blackish-brown spots, small splashes and fine dots.
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#LESSER PRAIRIE HEN.#--_Tympanuchus pallidicinctus._
RANGE--Eastern edge of the Great Plains, from western and probably
southern Texas northward through Indian Territory to Kansas.
NEST--On the ground in thick prairie grass, and at the foot of bushes on
the barren ground; a hollow scratched out in the soil, and sparingly
lined with grasses and a few feathers.
EGGS--Eight to twelve, tawny brown.