, and others a pale pink.

SUMMARY.

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#MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD.#--_Sialia arctica._ Other names: "Rocky Mountain"
and "Arctic Bluebird."

RANGE--Rocky Mountain region, north to Great Slave Lake, south to
Mexico, west to the higher mountain ranges along the Pacific.

NEST--Placed in deserted Woodpecker holes, natural cavities of trees,
nooks and corners of barns and outhouses; composed of dry grass.

EGGS--Commonly five, of pale, plain greenish blue.

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#ENGLISH SPARROW.#--_Passer domesticus._ Other names: "European
Sparrow," "House Sparrow."

RANGE--Southern Europe. Introduced into and naturalized in North
America, Australia, and other countries.

NEST--Of straw and refuse generally, in holes, boxes, trees, any place
that will afford protection.

EGGS--Five to seven.

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#ALLEN'S HUMMING BIRD.#--_Selasphorus alleni._

RANGE--Pacific coast, north to British Columbia, east to southern
Arizona.

NEST--Plant down, covered with lichens.

EGGS--Two, white.

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#GREEN-WINGED TEAL.#--_Anas carolinensis._

RANGE--North America, migrating south to Honduras and Cuba.

NEST--On the ground, in a thick growth of grass.

EGGS--Five to eight, greenish-buff, usually oval.

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#BLACK GROUSE.#--_Tetrao tetrix._ Other name: "Black Cock."

RANGE--Southern Europe and the British Islands.

NEST--Carelessly made, of grasses and stout herbage, on the ground.

EGGS--Six to ten, of yellowish gray, with spots of light brown.

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#AMERICAN FLAMINGO.#--_Phoenicopterus ruber._

RANGE--Atlantic coasts of sub-tropical and tropical America; Florida
Keys.

NEST--Mass of earth, sticks, and other material scooped up to the height
of several feet and hollow at the top.

EGGS--One or two, elongate-ovate in shape, with thick shell, roughened
with a white flakey substance, but bluish when this is scraped off.

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#VERDIN.#--_Auriparus flaviceps._ Other name: "Yellow-headed Bush Tit."

RANGE--Northern regions of Mexico and contiguous portions of the United
States, from southern Texas to Arizona and Lower California.

NEST--Globular, the outside being one mass of thorny twigs and stems
interwoven, a