pinkish white to
light bluish green, spotted with dark reddish brown.

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#YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.#--_Coccyzus americanus._ Other names:
"Rain Crow," "Rain Dove," and "Chow-Chow."

RANGE--Eastern North America to British Provinces, west to Great Plains,
south in winter, West Indies and Costa Rica.

NEST--In low tree or bush, of dried sticks, bark strips and catkins.

EGGS--Two to four; of glaucous green which fades on exposure to the
light.

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#RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD.#--_Trochilus colubris._

RANGE--Eastern North America to the Plains north to the fur countries,
and south in winter to Cuba and Veragua.

NEST--A circle an inch and a half in diameter, made of fern wool, etc.,
shingled with lichens to match the color of the branch on which it is
saddled.

EGGS--Two; pure white, the size of soup beans.

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#HOUSE WREN.#--_Troglodytes aedon._

RANGE--Eastern United States and southern Canada, west to the
Mississippi Valley; winters in southern portions.

NEST--Miscellaneous rubbish, sticks, grasses, hay, and the like.

EGGS--Usually seven; white, dotted with reddish brown.

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#PHOEBE.#--_Sayornis phoebe._ Other names: "Pewit," "Pewee."

RANGE--Eastern North America; in winter south to Mexico and Cuba.

NEST--Compactly and neatly made of mud and vegetable substances, with
lining of grass and feathers.

EGGS--Four or five; pure white, sometimes sparsely spotted with reddish
brown dots at larger end.

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#RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET.#--_Regulus calendula._

RANGE--Entire North America, wintering in the South and in northern
Central America.

NEST--Very rare, only six known; of hair, feathers, moss, etc., bulky,
globular, and partly pensile.

EGGS--Five to nine; dull whitish or pale puffy, speckled.

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#MOURNING DOVE.#--_Zenaidura macrura._ Other names:
"Carolina Dove," "Turtle Dove."

RANGE--Whole of temperate North America, south to Panama and the West
Indies.

NEST--Rim of twigs sufficient to retain the eggs.

EGGS--Usually two; white.

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#WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH.#--_Sitta carolinensis._ Other name:
"Sapsucker," improperly calle