. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 84 NOIlTll AMEUICAN BlUbS. had evidently taken from the tics of our fjinipcvinoa. Eacli year the nest was repaired with tiie same niaterial. Oih'comIv tlicv liad two broods in one season. The second hrood was not liatched out until Septeniher, and the family was not I'eady to mij,'rate until after nearly all its kindred had assem- bled and >,'one. This nest, thou<j;h principally made of bare matting, was very neatly and thorougiily lined with hair. Other nests are made of coarse grass
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 84 NOIlTll AMEUICAN BlUbS. had evidently taken from the tics of our fjinipcvinoa. Eacli year the nest was repaired with tiie same niaterial. Oih'comIv tlicv liad two broods in one season. The second hrood was not liatched out until Septeniher, and the family was not I'eady to mij,'rate until after nearly all its kindred had assem- bled and >,'one. This nest, thou<j;h principally made of bare matting, was very neatly and thorougiily lined with hair. Other nests are made of coarse grasses and sedges, and all are usually lined in a similar maimer. Audubon and Wilson describe the eggs of this bird as blue, with purplish spots at the larger end. All that I have ever seen are white, with a slight tinge of greenish or blue, and unsjtotted. I have never been able to meet with a sjiotted egg of this bird, the identification of which was beyond susjjicion. They are of a ronnded-oval shape, one side is only a little more pointed than the other. They measure .7o of an inch in length by .oS in breadth. They resemble the eggs of C. tiDiunit, but are smaller, and are not so deeply tinged with blue. Cyanospiza amoena, Haird. LAZULI FINCH. Embcriza aiiwi)", Say, I,()ii;,''s ICvpcil. II, 18'2;!, 47. Fiingilla (Spivi) amiriia, Bon'ap. Am. Oni. I, \ia(l and nerk all round, grecnish- Miie ; the iiitersi^iipidar re,u:ioii (linker. Upper part of pale browiiish-eliesliiut extelidiiipr along the sides and separated IVoin the blue of the throat by a faint white er(>.';eent; of under parts and axillary wiiite. A white patch on the middle , and an indicated white band the ; of the ^'reater Loral reirion lilack. benjjth, about ; wing, ; tail, •_'.(;(). Fcmnh: Brown above, tiinred with l)luc on rnnip and tail : whitish beneath, tinu'ed with bull' on the bi'east and throat : faint white bands on II
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