SUMMARY.

OVENBIRD—Seiurus aurocapellus. Other names: "The Teacher," "Wood Wagtail," "Golden Crowned Accentor."

Range—United States to Pacific Slope.

Nest—On the ground, oven-shape.

Eggs—Three to six, white or creamy white, glossy, spotted.

ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER—Picoides arcticus. Other name: "Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker."

Range—Northern North America, south to northern border of the United States, and farther on high mountain ranges. In the mountains of the west (Sierra Nevada, etc.) south to about 39°, where it breeds.

Nest—In dead trees, not more than five or six feet from the ground.

Eggs—Four to six, pure ivory white.

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BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER—Bartramia longicauda. Other names: "Bartram's Tattler," "Prairie Pigeon," "Prairie Snipe," "Grass Plover," and "Quaily."

Range—Eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska, south in winter as far as southern South America.

Nest—In a slight depression of the ground.

Eggs—Four, of a pale clay or buff, thickly spotted with umber and yellowish brown.

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NIGHTINGALE—Motacilla luscinia (Linn.)

Range—England, Spain, Portugal, Austria, south to the interior of Africa.

Nest—Cup shape, made of dry leaves, neatly lined with fibrous roots.

Eggs—Four to six, of a deep olive color.

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ROSEATE SPOONBILL—Ajaja ajaja.

Range—Southern United States and southward into southern South America.

Nest—Platform of sticks, built close to the trunk of a tree, from eight to eighteen feet from the ground.

Eggs—Three or four, white, or buffy-white, blotched, spotted, and stained with various shades of brown.

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DICKCISSEL—Spiza americana. Other names: "Black-throated Bunting," "Little Field Lark," and "Judas-bird."

Range—Eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains, north to Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc., south in winter to northern South America.

Nest—On the ground, in trees, and in bushes.

Eggs—Four or five, almost exactly like those of the Bluebird.

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DUSKY GROUSE—Dendragapus obscurus.

Range—Rocky Mountains, west to Wahsatch, north to central Montana, south to New Mexico and Arizona.

Nest—On the ground, under shelter of a hollow log or projecting rock, with merely a a few pine needles scratched together.

Eggs—Eight to fifteen, of buff or cream color, marked all over with small round spots of umber-brown.