Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2

KENTUCKY WARBLER.—Geothlypis formosa.

Range – Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States to Iowa and Connecticut; winters in Central America.

Nest – Bulky, of twigs and rootlets, firmly wrapped with leaves, on or near the ground.

Eggs – Four or five; white or grayish white, speckled or blotched with rufous.

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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.—Merganser Serrator.

Range – Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere; in America breeds from northern Illinois and New Brunswick northward to the arctic regions; winters southward to Cuba.

Nest – Of leaves, grasses, mosses, etc., lined with down, on the ground near water, among rocks or scrubby bushes.

Eggs – Six to twelve; creamy buff.

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YELLOW LEGS.—Totanus flavipes.

Range – North America, breeding chiefly in the interior from Minnesota, northern Illinois, Ontario County, N. Y., northward to the Arctic regions; winters from the Gulf States to Patagonia.

Eggs – Three or four; buffy, spotted or blotched with dark madder – or van dyke – brown and purplish gray.

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SKYLARK.—Alauda arvensis.

Range – Europe and portions of Asia and Africa; accidental in the Bermudas and in Greenland.

Nest – Placed on the ground, in meadows or open grassy places, sheltered by a tuft of grass; the materials are grasses, plant stems, and a few chance leaves.

Eggs – Three to five, of varying form, color, and size.

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WILSON’S PHALAROPE.—Phalaropus tricolor.

Range – Temperate North America, breeding from northern Illinois and Utah northward to the Saskatchewan region; south in winter to Brazil and Patagonia.

Nest – A shallow depression in soft earth, lined with a thin layer of fragments of grass.

Eggs – Three to four; cream buff or buffy white, heavily blotched with deep chocolate.

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EVENING GROSBEAK.—Cocothraustes vespertina.

Range – Interior of North America, from Manitoba northward; southeastward in winter to the upper Mississippi Valley and casually to the northern Atlantic States.

Nest – Of small twigs, lined with bark, hair, or rootlets, placed within twenty feet of the ground.

Eggs – Three or four; greenish, blotched with pale brown.

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TURKEY VULTURE.—Catharista Atrata.

Range – Temperate America, from New Jersey southward to Patagonia.

Nest – In hollow stump or log, or on ground beneath bushes or palmettos.

Eggs – One to three; dull white, spotted and blotched with chocolate marking.

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GAMBEL’S PARTRIDGE.—Callipepla gambeli.

Range – Northwestern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and western Utah and western Texas.

Nest – Placed on the ground, sometimes without any lining.

Eggs – From eight to sixteen.