Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1898 Illustrated by Color Photography
Part 4
NEST--On the ground, on merely a shallow depression with a slight lining; occasionally in trees, sixty or seventy-five feet from the ground.
EGGS--Three, varying from bluish white to deep yellowish brown, irregularly spotted and blotched with brown of different shades.
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=AMERICAN RACCOON.=--_Procyon lotor._ Other name: Coon.
RANGE--North America.
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=PIGMY ANTELOPE.=--_Antilope pigmæa._
RANGE--South Africa.
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=RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.=--_Buteo lineatus._
RANGE--Eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia, west to the edge of the Great Plains.
NEST--In the branches of lofty oaks, pines, and sycamores. In mountainous regions the nest is often placed on the narrow ledges of cliffs.
EGGS--Three or four; bluish, yellowish white, or brownish, spotted, blotched, and dotted irregularly with many shades of reddish brown.
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=AMERICAN GRAY FOX.=--_Vulpes virginianus._
RANGE--Throughout the United States.
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=AMERICAN GRAY SQUIRREL.=--_Sciurus carolinensis._
RANGE--United States generally.
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=PECTORAL SANDPIPER.=--_Tringa maculata._
RANGE--North, Central, and South America, breeding in the Arctic regions. Of frequent occurrence in Europe.
NESTS--In tufts of grass.
EGGS--Four, of a drab ground color, with a greenish shade in some cases, and are spotted and blotched with umber brown, varying in distribution on different specimens, as is usual among waders' eggs.
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