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Nomenclature
The nomenclature of the American Ornithologists Union's * Check-List of North American Birds has been adopted. The number preceding the…
Nests and Eggs
The brief descriptions of nests and eggs are based on the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, supthe collections of the…
North America
It does not do so any more than an artist's palette shows all the colors of his picture-in fact, I have called this plate my mental…
Nutt (Orn Club viii p also Scott Auk)
Orn. Club, viii, 1883, p. 185; also Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, p. 15.) 186. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). GLOSSY IBIS. Ad.-Rich chestnut…
Neck
(See Fig. 25, d, 26, e.) Ad. in summer. - Feathers at the base of the upper mandible, front of the crown, sides of the head below the eye…
New Brunswick
An extended account of its habits will be found in Nelson's Report on Natural History Collections made in Alaska, p. 131. It is quoted by…
Nutt (Orn Club iii p It is said)
Orn. Club., iii, 1878, p. 200). "It is said to greatly resemble P. villosus in habits, except that it seeks its food principally upon…
Nutt (Orn Club iv p)
Orn. Club, iv, 1879, p. 26). In writing of this species as observed by him in Ritchie County, West Virginia, Mr. Brewster says: "Decidedly…
Nest
of grasses and plant fibers, lined with plant down and long hairs, in coniferous trees, five to twenty feet up. Eggs, four to five, white…
Nuthatch
(Natural size.) Washington, irregularly abundant W. V., sometimes rare, Sept. 15 to May 10. Sing Sing, irregular W. V., Aug. 8 to May 8…
Northern Parula Warbler
The Parula Warbler, breeding from Maryland and southern Illinois northward, has been described under the above name by Mr. Brewster as…