. Bird homes : the nests, eggs, and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States ; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . Eggs white or whitish, finely speckled with light reddishbrown and lilac. See Page 46, Chapter I. 575. Pine-woods Sparrow : Peucsea 8estivalis (Liclit.) Eggs pure white. See Page 62, Chapter II. Part II.—ARCHED NESTS IN WOODS OR THICKETS 575a. Bachimans Sparrow: Peucsea aestivalis bachmani(Aud.) ^^2^//—Upper parts rufous with dark streaks; lower parts lightbrownish buff; warm gray or buff line over eye; yellow atbend of wing;

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. Bird homes : the nests, eggs, and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States ; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . Eggs white or whitish, finely speckled with light reddishbrown and lilac. See Page 46, Chapter I. 575. Pine-woods Sparrow : Peucsea 8estivalis (Liclit.) Eggs pure white. See Page 62, Chapter II. Part II.—ARCHED NESTS IN WOODS OR THICKETS 575a. Bachimans Sparrow: Peucsea aestivalis bachmani(Aud.) ^^2^//—Upper parts rufous with dark streaks; lower parts lightbrownish buff; warm gray or buff line over eye; yellow atbend of wing; the tail has the outer feathers the — Breeding Range—The Southern States, from Kentucky and NorthCarolina, and southern Illinois, southward. The nests in all probability are invariably arched or roofed,with the opening well hidden on the side; grass alone is used intheir construction, with the grass tops for lining. The eggs arewhite, 3 to 4 in number. Size—.75 x .60. This sparrow resembles closely the pine-woods sparrow,but it has no spots on the under parts, and few, sometimes noneat all, on the back. Its habits are terrestrial. 74. THE MEAOOWLARKi UOME-SHAPEO NEST

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