butcher-birds

butcher bird I got an egg out of a butcher-bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce-tree close to my house. These birds build their nests exactly in the same manner as [-]a[-] house-sparrows do, when they build in a tree; and their eggs are as like as possible to the eggs of those birds. PR...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650
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Summary:butcher bird I got an egg out of a butcher-bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce-tree close to my house. These birds build their nests exactly in the same manner as [-]a[-] house-sparrows do, when they build in a tree; and their eggs are as like as possible to the eggs of those birds. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn