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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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k Warbler AAA. Orchard or woodland nests, over 2 inches inside diameter B. Usually thin, flimsy structures 1. Little or no lining, usually in high bushes Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2. Considerable lining, usually in trees Scarlet Tanager BB. Thick, well-formed structures with some cotton or wool 1. Shallow, about 1 inch deep Kingbird 2. Deeper, about \)/2 inches deep Cedar Wax wing X. Mostly of Grasses, Rootlets, Straws, and Leaves, Usually with Horse- hair in the Lining, and not SphericalA. With many leaves, placed in weeds, ferns, or low bushes 1. Under 2 inches inside diameter Indigo Buntinc 2. Over 2 inches inside diameter a. Nest placed on mat of leaves Veery b. Leaves woven into nest Yellow-breasted Chat AA. With few or no leaves B. Less than 1% inches inside diameter 1. With thick horsehair lining Chipping Sparrow 2. With few hairs, or none Field Sparrow BB. Over 2 inches inside diameter 1. With many or few hairs in lining Song Sparrow 2. No hairs, a few leaves Yellow-breasted Chat
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TYPES OF NESTS OF COMMON BIRDSRobin Baltimore Oriole Redstart Catbird Goldfinch Yellow Warbler Redstart and Yellow Warbler Red-eyed Yireo Chipping Sparrow (Note thicker rim of Warblers nest) (372) The Audubon Societies 373 XI. Spherical Nests of Grasses, Bark, or Fibers: A. On the ground very thickly lined with soft grasses Meadow Mouse AA. In bushes or vines, usually on some old birds nest and lined with cotton or wool Deer Mouse AAA. In trees or about buildings 1. Of bark and fibers, no lining, usually some leaves or sticks, often on an old Crows nest Squirrel 2. Of grasses lined with feathers House Sparrow FROM YOUNG OBSERVERSA TIMELY RESCUE Heavy snow had covered all the usual feeding-grounds of the birds. Myfriend put some crumbs on her window-sill. These were soon found by theEnglish Sparrows, who feasted on them gladly. One day, among the guests appeared a Song Sparrow. Further investigationshowed where he was roosting—under a barberry hedge piled with snow. Every morning he

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