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American Osprey

Pandion paliaetus carolinensis.

Range - North America; breeds from Florida to Labrador; winters from South Carolina to northern South America.

Nest - Generally in a tree, thirty to fifty feet from the ground, rarely on the ground.

Eggs - Two to four; generally buffy white, heavily marked with chocolate.

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Sora Rail

Porzana carolina.

Range - Temperate North America, south to the West Indies and northern South America.

Nest - Of grass and reeds, placed on the ground in a tussock of grass, where there is a growth of briers.

Eggs - From seven to fourteen; of a ground color, of dark cream or drab, with reddish brown spots.

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Kentucky Warbler

Geothlypis formosa.

Range - Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States to Iowa and Connecticut; winters in Central America.

Nest - Bulky, of twigs and rootlets, firmly wrapped with leaves, on or near the ground.

Eggs - Four or five; white or grayish white, speckled or blotched with rufous.

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Red-Breasted Merganser

Merganser Serrator.

Range - Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere; in America breeds from northern Illinois and New Brunswick northward to the arctic regions; winters southward to Cuba.

Nest - Of leaves, grasses, mosses, etc., lined with down, on the ground near water, among rocks or scrubby bushes.

Eggs - Six to twelve; creamy buff.

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Yellow Legs

Totanus flavipes.

Range - North America, breeding chiefly in the interior from Minnesota, northern Illinois, Ontario County, N. Y., northward to the Arctic regions; winters from the Gulf States to Patagonia.

Eggs - Three or four; buffy, spotted or blotched with dark madder - or van dyke - brown and purplish gray.

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Skylark

Alauda arvensis.

Range - Europe and portions of Asia and Africa; accidental in the Bermudas and in Greenland.

Nest - Placed on the ground, in meadows or open grassy places, sheltered by a tuft of grass; the materials are grasses, plant stems, and a few chance leaves.

Eggs - Three to five, of varying form, color, and size.

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Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor.

Range - Temperate North America, breeding from northern Illinois and Utah northward to the Saskatchewan region; south in winter to Brazil and Patagonia.

Nest - A shallow depression in soft earth, lined with a thin layer of fragments of grass.

Eggs - Three to four; cream buff or buffy white, heavily blotched with deep chocolate.

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Evening Grosbeak

Cocothraustes vespertina.

Range - Interior of North America, from Manitoba northward; southeastward in winter to the upper Mississippi Valley and casually to the northern Atlantic States.

Nest - Of small twigs, lined with bark, hair, or rootlets, placed within twenty feet of the ground.

Eggs - Three or four; greenish, blotched with pale brown.

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Turkey Vulture

Catharista Atrata.

Range - Temperate America, from New Jersey southward to Patagonia.

Nest - In hollow stump or log, or on ground beneath bushes or palmettos.

Eggs - One to three; dull white, spotted and blotched with chocolate marking.

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Gambel's Partridge

Callipepla gambeli.

Range - Northwestern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and western Utah and western Texas.

Nest - Placed on the ground, sometimes without any lining.

Eggs - From eight to sixteen.