nd lined with feathers.

EGGS--Three to six, of a bluish or greenish white color, speckled with
reddish brown.

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#BRONZED GRACKLE.#--_Quiscalus quiscula aeneus._

RANGE--Eastern North America from the Alleghenies and New England north
to Hudson Bay, west to the Rocky Mountains.

NEST--In sycamore trees and oak woodlands a coarse bulky structure of
grasses, knotty roots, mixed with mud, lined with horse hair or wool.

EGGS--Four to six, of a light greenish or smoky-blue, with lines, dots,
blotches and scrawls on the surface.

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#RING-NECKED PHEASANT.#--_Phasianus torquatus._

RANGE--Throughout China; have been introduced into England and the
United States.

NEST--On the ground under bushes.

EGGS--Vary, from thirteen to twenty.

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#YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.#--_Icteria virens._

RANGE--Eastern United States to the Great Plains, north to Ontario and
southern New England; south in winter through eastern Mexico to Northern
Central America.

NEST--In briar thickets from two to five feet up, of withered leaves,
dry grasses, strips of bark, lined with finer grasses.

EGGS--Three or four, white, with a glossy surface.

VOLUME II. JULY TO DECEMBER, 1897.

INDEX.

Anhinga, or Snake Bird, _Anhinga Anhinga_ pages 26-27
Avocet, American, _Recurvirostra Americana_ " 14-15
Audubon, John James " 161

Birds of Bethlehem " 223
Bird Song " 1-41-81
Birds in Captivity " 121
Birds of Passage " 173
Bird Miscellany " 195-235
Blue Bird, Mountain, _Sialia arctica_ " 203-205
Bunting, Lazuli, _Passerina amoena_ " 196-198-199

Chimney Swift, _Chaetura pelagica_ " 131-133
Captive's Escape " 116
Chat, Yellow-Breasted, _Icteria virens_ " 236-238-239
Cuckoo, Yellow-Billed, _Coccyzus americanus_ " 94-95

Dove, Mourning, _Zenaidura macrura_ " 111-112-113
Duck, Canvas-back, _Athya valisneria_ " 18-20
Duck, Mallard, _Anas boschas_ " 10-11-13
Duck, Wood, _Aix Sponsa_