 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 442 pages
...Early in May they begin to pair, when obstinate battles take place among the males. About the tenth of that month they commence building. The nest is...four in number, are placed; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 426 pages
...month, they commence building. The nest is usually fixed among the horizontal branches of an apple tree; sometimes in a solitary thorn, crab, or cedar, in...four in number, are placed; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...they commence building. The nest is usually fixed among the horizontal branches of an apple tree ; sometimes in a solitary thorn, crab, or cedar, in...four in number, are placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...pair and build in May ; " the nest is usually fixed among the horizontal branches of an apple tree ; sometimes in a solitary thorn, crab, or cedar, in...four in number, are placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | 1838 - 944 pages
...they commence building. The nest is usually fixed among the horizontal branches of an apple tree ; sometimes in a solitary thorn, crab, or cedar, in...weeds, and blossoms of the common maple. On this almost il.ii bed the eggs, usually three or four in number, arc placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue... | |
 | William Chapman Hewitson - Birds - 1846 - 394 pages
...amongst the males. About the tenth of the month, they begin building. The nest is usually fixed amongst the horizontal branches of an apple-tree ; sometimes...eggs, usually three or four in number, are placed. While the female is sitting, the male is usually not far distant, and gives the alarm by his notes... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...Early iu May they begin to pair, when obstinate battles take place among the males. About the tenth of that month they commence building. The. nest is...four in number, are placed; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | John George Wood - Historia natural - 1862 - 804 pages
...Early in May they begin to pair, when obstinate battles take place among the males. -About the tenth of that month they commence building. The nest is...four in number, are placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | John George Wood - Historia natural - 1862 - 804 pages
...Early in May they begin to pair, when obstinate battles take place among the males. About the tenth of that month they commence building. The nest is...four in number, are placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
 | John George Wood - Vertebrates - 1831 - 802 pages
...Early in May they begin to pair, when obstinate battles take place among the males. About the tenth of that month they commence building. The nest is...four in number, are placed ; these are of a uniform greenish blue colour, and of a size proportionable to that of the bird. While the female is sitting,... | |
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The nest is usually fixed among the horizontal branches of an apple-tree; sometimes in a solitary thorn, crab or cedar, in some retired part of the woods. It is constructed with little art, and scarcely any concavity, of small sticks and twigs, intermixed... 
