Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Eastern United States breeds) (X)

Eastern United States; breeds as far north as Minnesota and Connecticut; winters in the tropics.

Washington, rare S. R., Apl. 14 to Sept. 5. Sing Sing, common S. R., Apl. 9 to Aug. 24.

Nest, of leaves, twigs, and rootlets, under a bank or the upturned roots of a fallen tree. Eggs, four to six, white, evenly speckled or spotted, distinctly and obscurely, with cinnamon- or rufous-brown, 75 x 60. Few birds are more particular in their choice of homes than the

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