Description - Birds of Michigan by Albert John Cook
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...trichas (Linn.). marylahd.Yellow-throat; Yellow-throated Ground Warhler. Very common; throughout the state; May to August; ' abundant at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common at DeWitt" (Dr. G. W. Topping); reported from Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties and at Sault Ste. Marie. July 16, 1892, by A. H. Boies, who thinks it breeds in the Northern Peninsula; "common at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); " common at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); breeds; " two broods " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); nests from May to July, on the ground or in low thickets; nests often arched over; eggs four to six, clear white specked with reddish dots, though quite variable in size, form and markings; one of our finest singers and justly a favorite. Genus 1CTKRIA Vikill. Yellow-breasted Chat. 302-084 (144). U-teria vireus (Linn.). Yellow-Breasted Chat. Exceedingly rare; "occasionally quite common" (Dr. H. A. Atkins); "not observed at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "once in Lenawee County" (A. H. Boies); "formerly nested in Monroe County, not seen since 18SL" (Jerome Trombley); May to October; breeds; neats in May and June in bushes; eggs four; song varied and beautiful; "ventriloquist" (Butler's Birds of Indiana); "this is a southern species" (Prof. J. A. Allen). Genus Sylvania Nutt.;i0;i S4 (140). Si I win ia initrata (Gmel.). hooded Warbler; Hooded FlyCatching Warhleh. Quite common in southern part of State; generally a migrant; May and October; ' breeds plentifully south of 42. have taken many nests" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "common but transient in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); nests in May in low bushes; "eggs three, often only two" (Gibbs); an elegant bird. ...
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