. American ornithology for the home and school . y 12 inches. Bill and feet black. Eye, veiy dark brown. Entirehead and neck intense velvety black. Back, wings, and tail, black withmetallic reflections of green and purple. A large patch on the wingcoverts and the under parts from the breast are white, as are also theinner webs of the primary quills. NEST AND EGGS. During April and early May, American Magpies may be found breed-ing throughout their range except in the more southern parts. Among the mountains and hills of Colorado they nest very abund-antly. Several nests may sometimes be found
. American ornithology for the home and school . y 12 inches. Bill and feet black. Eye, veiy dark brown. Entirehead and neck intense velvety black. Back, wings, and tail, black withmetallic reflections of green and purple. A large patch on the wingcoverts and the under parts from the breast are white, as are also theinner webs of the primary quills. NEST AND EGGS. During April and early May, American Magpies may be found breed-ing throughout their range except in the more southern parts. Among the mountains and hills of Colorado they nest very abund-antly. Several nests may sometimes be found in the same tree, that isin some of the large pines. Nests may be found at varying heightsfrom the ground, some not more than six or eight feet while othersmay be sixty feet. The nest is a huge pile of sticks and refuse and isarched over to form a roof, the entrance being on the side. They layfrom five to eight or nine eggs, the ground color of which is grayish,yellowish or greenish white, thickly spotted and dotted with varyingshades of HABITS This near relative of the Jay is in many respects among the most in-teresting of all our birds. His striking plumage would immediately at-tract notice even if he were backwards about bringing himself to ourattention. As a matter of fact, though, even if his plumage was of theplainest order and his actions were to remain unchanged, he would notallow you to remain in his vicinity for a minute without impertinentlycalling attention to the fact that you were transgressing upon his rights. The Jays are rightly given credit for being daring robbers, but for AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY.
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