. Maisons d'oiseaux : les nids, les oeufs et les habitudes de reproduction des oiseaux terrestres qui se reproduisent dans l'est des États-Unis avec des conseils sur l'élevage et la photographie des jeunes oiseaux . ird: Pirangarubra (Linn.) Adulti, —écarlate brillant; les ailes et la queue brunissent, bordées de rouge.adulte $ —vert olive ; sous les parties teintées de jaune. Longueur —7.50.aire de reproduction—Sud du New Jersey, vers le sud (occasionnellement vers le nord jusqu'au Massachusetts et à l'Ontario [A. O. U. check-list]). Le nid est composé de feuilles, de tiges de mauvaises herbes, d'herbe, de chatons et de bandes d'écorce, et est placé sur une branche horizontale, à une hauteur de six à vingt-fiv

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. Bird homes : The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . ird: Pirangarubra (Linn.) Adulti, —Bright scarlet; the wings and tail brownish, edged with red.Adult $ —Olive green ; under parts tinged with yellow. Length —7.50.Breeding Range—Southern New Jersey, southward (casually north to Massachusetts and Ontario [A. O. U. check-list]). The nest is composed of leaves, weed stalks, grass, catkins, and strips of bark, and is placed on a horizontal branch, at a heightof from six to twenty-five feet from the ground. 3 to 4 eggs arelaid; they resemble the eggs of the scarlet tanager, but the mark-ings are heavier and more brown. Size—.94 x .64. The nesting season, which begins about the middle of May, continues until well into July. 619. Cedar-bird; Cedar Waxwing: Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) Adult—Kz^ light grayish or purplish brown, with conspicuouscrest; throat, forehead, and line in front and back of eyeblack ; small scarlet tips to the wing (secondaries) and tailfeathers ; tail tipped with yellow; belly pale yellow. Length—7.19. 152. NEST OF SCARLET TANAGER IN APPLE TREE, NINE FEET FROM GROUND Mests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines Breeding Range—From Virginia, the southern AUeghanies, Ken-tucky, Kansas, Arizona, etc., northward. (A. O. U. check-list.) The nest is composed of grass, bark, fine roots, catkins, moss, rags, and twine, a fine, well-formed structure, which some-times has mud added to its long list of building materials. It isplaced from five to twenty-five feet from the ground, usually infruit trees or cedars. The eggs are pale gray or with a slighttinge of green, and thinly spotted with purplish black and lightdull purplish ; the number varies from 3 to 5. Size—.85 x .60.See Fig. 12, Plate B. There is no bird so well groomed as the Waxwing ; histoilet is made with the most scrupulous care ; never is there afeather out of place, nor a spot

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