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Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 5, November 1898

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<h2>SUMMARY.</h2> Page 166. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE—Pedioc&oelig;tes phasianellus campestris. Other names: Sprig-Tail, Pin-Tail, White Belly. Range—Plains and prairies east of the Rocky Mountains; east to Wisconsin, north to Manitoba, south to New Mexico. NEST—In a tuft of grass or under a low bush. Eggs—Six to thirteen. <hr class="w5" /> Page 170. RED BAT—Atalapha noveboracensis. Other name: "New York Bat." Range—Throughout all the Atlantic coast states. <hr class="w5" /> Page 170. BLACK BAT—Scotophilus carolinensis. Other name: "Carolina Bat." Range—Common throughout North America. <hr class="w5" /> Page 174. AMERICAN OTTER—Lutra canadensis. Range—All parts of temperate North America, encroaching closely on the Arctic region. <hr class="w5" /> Page 178. GOLDEN PLOVER—Charadrius dominicus. Other names: Frost Bird, Bull Head. Range—Nearly the whole of North America, breeding in the Arctic regions; south in winter to Patagonia. Nest—In a small depression among the moss and dried grass of a small knoll. Eggs—Four, of a pale yellowish ground color, with dark umber-brown spots scattered over the shell. <hr class="w5" /> Page 187. CANADIAN PORCUPINE—Erethizon dorsatus. Range—A native of the forests of North America, from the sixty-seventh parallel of north latitude south to Virginia and Kentucky, the eastern and western boundaries being Labrador and the Rocky Mountains. <hr class="w5" /> Page 191. CASPIAN TERN—Sterna tschograva. Range—Nearly cosmopolitan; in North America, breeding southward to Virginia, Lake Michigan, Texas, Nevada, and California. Nest—A mere hollow scooped in the dry sand. Eggs—Two or three, varying from white to greenish-buff, spotted with brown and lilac of different shades. <hr class="w5" /> Page 193. FLOWERING ALMOND—Amygdalus communis. Native of Calmuck, Tartary. <hr class="chap" /> <div class="transnote"> <h3>Transcriber's Note:</h3> <ul> <li>Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.</li> <li>Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.</li> <li>Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.</li> <li>Duplicated section headings have been omitted.</li> <li>The Flowering Almond illustration has been moved from page 195 to page 193.</li> <li>The Contents table was added by the transcriber.</li> </ul></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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