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BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER.—Polioptila caerulea.
Range—Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States to northern Illinois, southern Ontario and New Jersey, and wanders rarely to Minnesota and Maine; winters from Florida southward.
Nest—Of fine strips of bark and fine grasses firmly interwoven and covered with lichens, on branch or in crotch of tree, ten to sixty feet up.
Eggs—Four or five, bluish white, thickly spotted and speckled with brown.
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AMERICAN COOT.—Fulica Americana. Other names: "Mud-hen," "Crow Duck," "Blue Peter."
Range—North America as far north as Alaska and New Brunswick and Greenland; breeds throughout its range.
Nest—Of reeds and grasses, among reeds in fresh water marshes.