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Range (Breeds from southern Illinois)

Breeds from southern Illinois and South Carolina southward to South America, and occasionally strays north as far as Massachusetts. Long Island, A. V. Cambridge, A. V., one record, July. Nest, a platform of sticks, in pairs, generally in a low branch overhanging water. Eggs, four to five, pale, dull blue, 1.95 x 1.45. Unlike the preceding, this is a rather solitary species, and is found singly or in pairs along the borders of wooded streams, and never in colonies. It is also, I think, more diurnal in habits.