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#MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD.#--_Sialia arctica._ Other names: "Rocky Mountain"
and "Arctic Bluebird."
RANGE--Rocky Mountain region, north to Great Slave Lake, south to
Mexico, west to the higher mountain ranges along the Pacific.
NEST--Placed in deserted Woodpecker holes, natural cavities of trees,
nooks and corners of barns and outhouses; composed of dry grass.
EGGS--Commonly five, of pale, plain greenish blue.
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#ENGLISH SPARROW.#--_Passer domesticus._ Other names: "European
Sparrow," "House Sparrow."
RANGE--Southern Europe. Introduced into and naturalized in North
America, Australia, and other countries.
NEST--Of straw and refuse generally, in holes, boxes, trees, any place
that will afford protection.
EGGS--Five to seven.
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#ALLEN'S HUMMING BIRD.#--_Selasphorus alleni._
RANGE--Pacific coast, north to British Columbia, east to southern
Arizona.
NEST--Plant down, covered with lichens.
EGGS--Two, white.
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#GREEN-WINGED TEAL.#--_Anas carolinensis._
RANGE--North America, migrating south to Honduras and Cuba.
NEST--On the ground, in a thick growth of grass.
EGGS--Five to eight, greenish-buff, usually oval.
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#BLACK GROUSE.#--_Tetrao tetrix._ Other name: "Black Cock."
RANGE--Southern Europe and the British Islands.
NEST--Carelessly made, of grasses and stout herbage, on the ground.
EGGS--Six to ten, of yellowish gray, with spots of light brown.
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#AMERICAN FLAMINGO.#--_Phoenicopterus ruber._
RANGE--Atlantic coasts of sub-tropical and tropical America; Florida
Keys.
NEST--Mass of earth, sticks, and other material scooped up to the height
of several feet and hollow at the top.
EGGS--One or two, elongate-ovate in shape, with thick shell, roughened
with a white flakey substance, but bluish when this is scraped off.
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#VERDIN.#--_Auriparus flaviceps._ Other name: "Yellow-headed Bush Tit."
RANGE--Northern regions of Mexico and contiguous portions of the United
States, from southern Texas to Arizona and Lower California.
NEST--Globular, the outside being one mass of thorny twigs and stems
interwoven, and lined with feathers.
EGGS--Three to six, of a bluish or greenish white color, speckled with
reddish brown.
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#BRONZED GRACKLE.#--_Quiscalus quiscula aeneus._
RANGE--Eastern North America from the Alleghenies and New England north
to Hudson Bay, west to the Rocky Mountains.
NEST--In sycamore trees and oak woodlands a coarse bulky structure of
grasses, knotty roots, mixed with mud, lined with horse hair or wool.
EGGS--Four to six, of a light greenish or smoky-blue, with lines, dots,
blotches and scrawls on the surface.
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#RING-NECKED PHEASANT.#--_Phasianus torquatus._
RANGE--Throughout China; have been introduced into England and the
United States.
NEST--On the ground under bushes.
EGGS--Vary, from thirteen to twenty.
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#YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.#--_Icteria virens._
RANGE--Eastern United States to the Great Plains, north to Ontario and
southern New England; south in winter through eastern Mexico to Northern
Central America.
NEST--In briar thickets from two to five feet up, of withered leaves,
dry grasses, strips of bark, lined with finer grasses.
EGGS--Three or four, white, with a glossy surface.