America, west to Colorado, Utah, and British Columbia; north to the Arctic regions; south in winter, from Florida to northern South America. Breeds nearly throughout its North American range.

Nest—Pensile from horizontal branches of trees, five to twenty feet above the ground; made of vegetable fibres and strips of pliable bark, lined with fine round grasses, horse hairs, and the like.

Eggs—Three or four, pure white, sparsely sprinkled with fine, dark reddish-brown dots, chiefly at the larger end.

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FOX SPARROW.—Passerella iliaca.

Range—Eastern North America, west to the plains and Alaska, and from the Arctic coast south to the Gulf states. Winters chiefly south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers.

Nest—Of grass and moss, lined with grass and fine feathers; on the ground, concealed by the drooping branches of evergreens.

Eggs—Four or five, pale bluish green, speckled, spotted, and blotched with reddish-brown, or uniform chocolate brown.

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BOB WHITE.—Colinus virginianus.

Range—Eastern United States; west to the Dakotas, Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas; north to southern Maine and Southern Canada; south to the Atlantic and Gulf States.

Nest—On the ground, of grasses, straws, leaves, or weeds.

Eggs—Fifteen to twenty-five, often only twelve, but usually about eighteen, of pure white.

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PASSENGER PIGEON.—Ectopistes migratorius. Other name: “Wild Pigeon.”

Range—Eastern North America, from Hudson Bay southward, and west to the Great Plains, straggling thence to Nevada and Washington. Breeding range now mainly restricted to portions of the Canadas and the northern border of the United States, as far west as Manitoba and the Dakotas.

Nest—In trees; a mere platform of sticks.

Eggs—Usually one, never more than two, pure white, and broadly elliptical in shape.

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SHORT-EARED OWL.—Asio accipitrinus. Other name: “Marsh Owl.”

Range—Entire North America; nearly cosmopolitan.

Nest—On the ground in the matted grass of marsh land, of a few sticks, soft grasses, and some of its own feathers.

Eggs—Four to seven, white, and oval in shape.

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ROSE COCKATOO.—Cacatua Leadbeateri.

Range—South Australia.

Nest—In holes of decayed trees, or in fissures of rocks.

Eggs—Two, of pure white.

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MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE.—Oreortyx pictus. Other name: “Plumed Partridge.”

Range—Pacific coast from San Francisco north to Washington.

Nest—On the ground, consisting of a bed of dead leaves, under a bush or tuft of grass or weeds.

Eggs—Six to twelve, of a cream color with a reddish tint.