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Ash, Red. Fraxinus pubescens. The inner surface of bark is red. The branchlets are downy. Leaflets seven to nine are oblong. Samaras are slen- der and straight.
Ash, Water; Carolina Ash. Fraxinus platycarpa. A small tree found along streams. Leaflets five to seven, ovate. Samaras often three-winged.
Ash, White. Fraxinus americana. Bark gray with deep furrows. Branch- lets dark green changing to ashy gray. Leaflets five to nine, ovate. Samaras long linear.
Aspen; Quaking Aspen. Populus tremuloides. Characterized by the quivering of the leaves in almost imperceptible breezes. The leaf stem is flat at right angles to the broadly ovate leaf. Bark greenish brown. Branch- lets red brown changing to light gray.
Azalea, Wild Honeysuckle. Azalea nudiflora. The small shrub with clusters of white and pink, and sometimes yellow blossoms, before the leaves are grown. Sometimes found with rusty gourd-like seed pods, brown.
Azalea; Swamp Honeysuckle. Azalea viscosa. Similar to above but the white flowers appear after the leaves. No other colors.
Basswood. See Linden.
Bay, Sweet; Swamp Magnolia; Small Magnolia. Magnolia glauca. Bitter aromatic bark. Evergreen leaves leathery like magnolia. Flowers smaller than magnolia, creamy white, and sometimes purple.
Beech. Fagus ferruginea. The smooth ashy gray bark is the favorite place to carve initials. Leaves resemble the elm in size and shape. The tri- angular nut is small but has fine flavor.
Birch, Black; Sweet Birch; Mahogany Birch. Betula lenta. The aromatic dark brown bark with deep furrows does not curl. Ovate leaves three to six inches. Scaly strobiles from one to one and one-half inches.
Birch, Red. Betula nigra. Bark curls back in thin papery plates. The leaves are serrate with wedge-shape bases entire. The strobiles are about one and one-half inches.
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Birch, Yellow. Betula lutea. The trunk resembles the white ash, and the branches resemble the wild cherry. Leaves are ovate with cordate bases.
Bladder Nut Tree. Staphylea trifoliata. A small tree of beautiful pro- portions. Trifoliate leaf, central leaflet with longer petiole. The white blossoms appear in May. Three-celled pod with small brown seed.
Blackthorn. See Sloe.
Black Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. A tough wood with interlaced fibres. Oval leaves which become bright red in autumn. Dark blue or black drupes, or berries. Favorite old time back-log for the yuletide holiday, which lasted until the back-log burned in two.
Buckeye, Red. Aesculus octandra hybrida. A small shrub with leaves of five leaflets digitately spread. Leaves yellow in autumn. Terminal pani- cles of red flowers. Buckeyes are sometimes used as a charm against disease, and are carried in the pocket for that purpose.
Button Bush. Cephalanthus occidentalis. A small bushy shrub some- times called ball willow. Numerous small creamy flowers in a round head, which makes the ball. Loves a damp soil.
Buttonwood. See Sycamore.
Catalpa; Indian Bean. Catalpa catalpa. The large cordate leaf is a fav- orite of caterpillars. Leaves in pairs or threes. Many-flowered panicle of white flowers. The capsule or bean from six to twenty inches in length.
Cedar, Ground. See Juniper.
Cedar, Red; Savin. Juniperus virginiana. Bright red wood. Tufts of yellow jelly cling to twigs in rainy weather. Needles are awl-shaped. Branches sprawl in all directions.
Cedar, White; Arbor Vitae. Thuja occidentalis. Needles in four rows, flattened as if pressed. Fruit a globular woody cone.
Cherry, Black. Prunus serotina. Green to reddish brown branchlets. Bark black and rusty. Oblong leaves. Dark purple drupes in clusters.
Cherry Laurel. See Laurel.
Chestnut. Castanea sativa. Serrate leaves which yellow in autumn. Large burs with two or three nuts. Dry wood crackles when burnt.
China Tree; Chinaberry. Melia azedarach. Small tree with compound leaves. The umbrella china tree with a uniform rounded top is a variety. The drupes are green at first turning to a pulpy yellow at maturity. They are excellent pop-gun ammunition when green.
Chinquapin. Castanea pumila. A small tree resembling the chestnut, but with much smaller burs, containing only one acorn-like nut.
Cucumber, Yellow. Magnolia cordata. Leaves like the magnolia are not evergreen, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers lemon yellow tinged with red. Fruit about three inches in length.
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Custard Apple. See Papaw.
Cypress, Bald; Southern Cypress. Taxodium distichum. One of the cone bearers like the pine. Peculiar conical excrescences grow up from the roots characterize the tree. Specimens near Salem school.
Dogwood, Flowering. Cornus florida. Tree with opposite leaves is easily distinguished by the four white sepals around a small clover-like head of minute yellow blossoms. The alternate leafed dogwood has not been ob- served in this county. Another variety with bright red branchlets has been observed, but it seems not to have been listed in floras.
Elder. Sambucus canadensis. A shrubby tree with a weak stem and a large pith core. Leaves compound pinnate. The white cymes of flowers in spring, and smooth black berries in autumn easily mark the plant. Pop-gun barrels from the pithy stems, and excellent wine from the berries are often made.
Elder, Poison. See Sumac, Poison.
Elder, Box. See Maple, Ash leaf.
Elm Trees. The varieties of elms may always be distinguished by the differences in the crab-claw-like samaras of the seed enclosures. The au- tumn colors of all the elms are varied tints of yellow, or brown.
Elm, Cork; Rock Elm. Ulmus racemosa. The branches have corky wings on the two-year old parts. Small leaves. Samaras winged all around.
Elm, Red; Slippery Elm. Ulmus fulva. Bark red tinged. Leaves large and doubly serrate, asymmetric. Samaras hairy with bare margins.
Elm, White; American Elm; Water Elm. Ulmus americana. Rough gray bark with no red. Green to reddish brown branchlets. Samaras with notch entirely closed.
Elm, Winged; Wahoo. Ulmus alata. The corky wings on all parts of twigs. Samaras a long oval. Elliptical leaves.
Euonymous, American. See Strawberry Bush.
Fringe Tree. Chionanthus virginica. Bark a red tinged brown. The branchlets green shading to orange. Opposite ovate leaves. Dark blue drupes in small clusters.
Hackberry; Sugarberry; Nettle Tree. Celtis occidentalis. Tree similar to the elms, with asymmetric serrate leaves. The drupe or berry is a little larger than the wild cherry, palatable when ripe.
Haw, Black; Stag Bush. Viburnum prunifolium. The black haw is with- out thorns and has a short crooked trunk. Dark blue drupes are edible after frost. The leaves and fruit resemble the cherry laurel.
Haw, Scarlet. See Thorn Scarlet Fruited.
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Hawthorn; Black Thorn. Crataegus tomentosa. Gray barked shrub with the branchlets similar to scarlet fruited thorn. Ovate leaves serrate except at base. The pomes are dull red.
Hercules Club. See Angelica Tree.
Hickories. The varieties of hickories are distinguished by the number of leaflets on the compound leaves, and by the size and shape of the nuts and their shells. The leaves of all varieties are yellow in autumn.
Hickory, Mockernut. Carya tomentosa. Seven to nine leaflets. Spherical thick shell with a four ridged hard shell nut.
Hickory, Pignut. Carya porcina. Five to seven leaflets. Hulls thick and thin, but small nuts with thin walls. Favorite food of wild hogs.
Hickory, Shellbark; Shagbark Hickory. Carya alba. Light gray scaly bark, sometimes in large plates. Nuts somewhat flattened.
Hickory, Small Mockernut. Carya microcarpa. Similar to the mocker- nut hickory in leaves, but the nut small and not so hard.
Hickory, Swamp; Bitternut. Carya amara. Seven to eleven leaflets. Nuts resemble pecans, but are bitter to taste. Specimens found in the vicinity of the old Cameron Mill.
Holly. Ilex opaca. Dioecious, that is male and female plants; only the staminate trees bear the red berries. Characterized by the wavy margined leaves with spiny points.
Honeysuckle, Wild. See Azalea.
Hornbeam; Blue Beech. Carpinus caroliniana. A beautiful tree similar to the cork elm in foliage. The fruit are clusters of halberd shaped in- volucres. The autumn colors are red, scarlet and orange.
Hornbeam, Hop; Ironwood. Ostrya virginiana. A small tree with gray brown bark. Leaf similar to white elm with indented veinlets. The stro- bile resembles that of the hop vine.
Huckleberry. Gaylussacia dumosa. A very small shrub with oblong- obovate leaves, entire. The berries smooth and shining black. Specimens found on the hillsides north of Chattahoochee.
Ironwood. See Hornbeam, Hop.
Judas Tree. See Redbud.
Juniper; Ground Cedar. Juniperus communis. Needles in whorls of three at right angles to branches. Tree tends to cone shape. Berries are tiny green spheres with a silvery coat of bloom. The berries are used in the manufacture of gin.
Laurel; Cherry Laurel. Prunus caroliniana. Small tree with evergreen ovate leaves. Branchlets green with tan spots. Small black drupe which sometimes stupefies birds.
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Laurel, Mountain; Calico Bush; Sheepbane. Kalmia latifolia. The many flowered pink and white corymbs of top-shaped flowers with dark dots easily mark the laurel when in bloom in April or May. Specimens found on Salem Road and on banks of Chattahoochee.
Linden; Basswood; Lime Tree. Tilia americana. Branchlets light gray shading to reddish brown. Heart shaped leaves with fine serrations. Nut- like seed attached to oblong bract by long fiber.
Liquidamber. See Sweet Gum.
Locust; Acacia; Black Locust; Yellow Locust. Robinia pseudacacia. Small tree with black thorns, sometimes branched. Seven to nine leaflets on the compound leaf. Flat dry brownish legume about four inches.
Locust, Honey. Gleditschia triacanthos. Dark scaly bark with thorns. Leaves bi-pinnate. Pods about one foot long filled with sweet pulp between the seeds, dark brown.
Magnolia, Large Flowered; Southern Evergreen Magnolia. Magnolia grandi- flora. Evergreen leaves, shiny above, rusty below. Large white flowers. Oval mass of scarlet seeds.
Magnolia, Mountain. See Umbrella Tree.
Magnolia, Swamp. See Bay, Sweet.
Maple Trees. The maples are characterized by palmate leaves radiating in five lobes, by the brilliant autumn coloring, and by the shape of the key, or double samara.
Maple, Ash Leaf; Box Elder. Negundo aceroides. This tree has the compound leaf of the ash and the fruit of the maple. Three to five leaflets and the presence of keys identify this maple.
Maple, Mountain. Acer spicatum. Cordate base and serrate margin for leaves. Key is red changing to brown. Scarlet and orange in fall.
Maple, Red; Swamp Maple; Soft Maple. Acer rubrum. Early buds and the branches red. Keys red. Autumn colors are scarlet and crimson.
Maple, Silver; Soft Maple; White Maple. Acer dasycarpum. Leaves sil- very white on under side. Middle lobe tri-lobed. Keys with curved wings. Pale yellow in autumn.
Maple, Sugar; Rock Maple. Acer saccharinum. Branchlets green. Leaves with cordate base. Keys green. Maple syrup made from sap.
Mimosa; Crimson Acacia. Acacia julibrissin. Bi-pinnate leaves with eight to twelve pinnae, each with 25 to 30 leaflets. Flowers in clusters with the heads resembling crimson thistles. Legume flat.
Mistletoe. Phoradendron flavescens. An evergreen parasite on other trees. Brittle stems of translucent green. Leaves pale green. White glutinous berries.
Mock Orange. See Orange, Osage.
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Mulberry, French. Callicarpa americana. A small shrub which is easily identified by the autumn clusters of violet berries. Easily propagated by seed or cuttings.
Mulberry, Paper. Broussonetia papyrifera. Large ovate leaf of nine inches, underside tomentose. Wood is spongy white. Propagates freely from root runners.
Mulberry, Red. Morus rubra. Leaves with cordate base and serrate margin, sometimes lobed. Compound drupes red to dark purple. Favorite fruit of boys and birds.
Myrtle, Crape. Lagerstroemia indica. A cultivated small tree with smooth sycamore-like bark of olive brown. The clusters of pink, purple, or white flowers have a craped crumpled appearance.
Nettle Tree. See Hackberry.
Oak Trees. The oaks are divided into two classes: first, those with rounded leaves and one-year acorns; second, those with pointed leaves and two-year acorns. The varieties are distinguished by the size and shape of leaves and acorns.
Oak, Bear; Scrub Oak. Quercus ilicifolia. Five lobed leaves with wedge shaped points. Very flat biennial acorns. Autumn colors are dull red or yellow. Resembles post oak except the bark.
Oak, Black; Yellow Bark Oak. Quercus tinctoria. Seven pointed lobes with deep sinuses. Large biennial acorns with roundish cups. The autumn tints are dull red, or brown and yellow. Inner bark yellow.
Oak, Black Jack; Barren Oak. Quercus nigra. Delta shaped leaves with three lobed point. Oblong ovate biennial acorns. Brown or yellow in autumn.
Oak, Chestnut. Quercus prinus. Crenate obovate leaves similar to the chestnut. Long oval acorn annually. Dull yellow in autumn.
Oak, Live. Quercus virens. An evergreen oak with oval or oblong leaves. Acorns in clusters of one to three.
Oak, Pin; Swamp Spanish Oak. Quercus palustris. Leaves with five or seven lobes, middle pair longer. Hemispherical acorns. Autumn tints a deep scarlet. Pointed leaves.
Oak, Post. Quercus minor. Leaves with five rounded lobes, middle pair longer. Acorn and cup together conical. Yellowish brown in autumn. Vertical furrows in bark.
Oak, Red. Quercus rubra. Seven to nine pointed lobes terminating in a bristle. Large biennial acorn in shallow cup. Inner bark red. Autumn tints are yellow bronze.
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Oak, Scarlet. Quercus coccinea. Seven to nine sharp pointed lobes with deep sinuses. Resembles red oak, but leaves narrower and acorns smaller. Scarlet autumn leaves.
Oak, Scrub. See Oak, Bear.
Oak, Shingle; Laurel Oak. Quercus imbricaria. Oblong or oval leaves similar to live oak. Acorns nearly spherical. Dark red in autumn.
Oak, Spanish. Quercus falcata. Sprawling three to five pointed lobes. Globular acorns, small. Autumn tint yellow.
Oak, Swamp White. Quercus bicolor. Loosely sinuate craped leaves with rounded sinuses. Large acorns on short base cup. Autumn tints a dull yellow.
Oak, Water. Quercus aquatica. Concave deltoid leaves, sometimes faintly lobed. Small oval acorns half covered by cup.
Oak, White. Quercus alba. Seven to nine rounded lobes with deep sinuses. Oblong acorns in shallow cup. Autumn tints a deep red.
Oak, Willow. Quercus phellos. Slender willow-like leaves pointed at both ends. Small hemispherical acorns. Autumn tint a pale yellow.
Oak, Yellow; Chinquapin Oak; Chestnut Oak. Quercus acuminata. Sil- ver gray bark. Leaves similar and smaller than chestnut oak. Acorn and cup together oval and small, light brown in color.
Osage Orange; Mock Orange. Maclura aurantiaca. Wood orange yellow. Thorny branches. Fruit is a large yellow ball of united drupes with a milky juice. Ovate leaves about four inches long.
Palmetto, Dwarf Fan. Chamoerops humilis. These dwarfs with fan leaves are found on Long Cane Creek.
Papaw; Custard Apple. Asimina triloba. Leaves similar to sourwood and persimmon, larger than persimmon. An oblong kidney-shaped fruit about four inches long, palatable. Flowers as green as the leaves, then darkens to rich red.
Paulownia, Imperial. Paulownia imperialis. A naturalized tree from Japan. Very large broad leaves, six to ten inches wide. Terminal panicles of purple flowers. Sometimes miscalled cottonwood.
Pecan. Carya olivaeformis. A cultivated member of the hickories. Com- pound leaf with eleven or more leaflets. The nuts vary greatly in the many different varieties.
Persimmon. Diospyrus virginiana. A member of the ebony family with the sapwood yellowish. Five inch oval leaves. The familiar yellow berry easily identifies the tree. A variation found has purple fruit.
Pine Trees. The pines are identified by the number of needles in a bundle, and by the shape and position of the cones on a tree.
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Pine, Loblolly; Old Field Pine. Pinus taeda. Six to ten inch needles in bundles of three. Long slightly concave cones.
Pine, Long Leaf Yellow; Southern Yellow Pine. Pinus palustris. Ten to fifteen inch needles in threes. Long cylindrical cones.
Pine, Pitch; Torch Pine. Pinus rigida. Three to five inch needles in threes, sometimes mixed with twos. Small ovate cones sometimes clustered in twos and threes.
Pine, Short Leaf Yellow; Yellow Pine. Pinus echinata. Three to five inch needles in twos. Ovate cones not prickled near base for one-third of length. Cones lateral.
Pine, White. Pinus strobus. Needles in bundles of five, which is all that is necessary to identify this species.
Plum, Bullace. See Sloe.
Plum, Wild Red or Yellow. Prunus americana. No identification is required, except the red and yellow drupes in early summer.
Poplar, Lombardy. Populus dilatata. Introduced from Europe. Tall and slender trunk with closely hugging branches. Leaves similar to the aspen. Numerous suckers grow from near the base of trunk.
Poplar, White; Abele Tree. Populus alba. Dark green leaves with a cottony fuzz on under side. Leaves resemble maple leaves. Roots creeping send up shoots on all sides. Willow-like catkins.
Poplar, Yellow; Tulip Tree. Liriodendron tulipifera. The light gray trunks with greenish yellow tulip-like flowers identify the tree. Four lobed cordate leaf, sometimes called the "baby's shirt." Fruit is a light brown hop-like cone.
Redbud; Judas Tree. Cercis canadensis. The heart shaped leaf, the bountiful mass of small purple blossoms, and the legume like a butter bean, are sufficient to identify this tree.
Rose, Cherokee. Rosa laevigata. The impenetrable clumps of these roses with their solitary white blossoms, and the stout recurved prickles on every branch mark this semi-wild rose.
Rose, Eglantine; Sweetbrier. Rosa rubiginosa. Foliage sweetly aromatic when crushed. Pale pinkish solitary flower with five petals.
Rose, Pasture. Rosa humilis. Resembles the eglantine rose, but the foliage is not aromatic. Flowers generally solitary.
Sassafras. Sassafras sassafras. Richly aromatic bark and root. Red brown bark. Leaves very variable. Root bark makes a pleasant tea.
Savin. See Cedar, Red.
Silverbell Tree. Halesia tetraptera. White bell-shaped flowers few in a cluster. Fruit a four winged dry pod, remaining until midwinter. Ovate leaves four to six inches long.
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Sloe; Blackthorn; Bullace Plum. Prunus spinosa. Resembles the common wild plum, but the fruit ripens later in summer, and is bitter or sour, and never sweetens.
Snowdrop Tree. Halesia diptera. A variation of the silverbell tree, the difference is that of a two winged fruit instead of four.
Sourwood; Sorrell Tree. Oxydendrum arboreum. Leaves resemble large persimmon leaves. Panicles of bell-shaped flowers. Branchlets light green changing to reddish. Leaves scarlet in autumn.
Stagbush. See Haw, Black.
Strawberry Bush; American Euonymus. Euonymus americana. A small shrub which is characterized by the crimson fruit remaining after the leaves have fallen. Similar to the evergreen euonymus berries.
Stuartia, Virginia. Stuartia virginica. Two inch leaves elliptic-ovate. Globular pod. Flowers white with purple filaments and blue anthers. A beautiful shrub.
Sumac, Dwarf Mountain. Rhus copallina. Interstices of compound leaves are winged. The fruit is a crimson hairy drupe, terminal.
Sumac, Velvet; Staghorn Sumac. Rhus typhina. Compound leaves with eleven to thirty-one leaflets. Deep crimson panicles of drupes make a nice lemonade. Autumn colors crimson, yellow and orange.
Sumac, Poison; Poison Dogwood. Rhus venenata. Called the most dan- gerous tree in American flora. Pinnately compound leaves with the leaflets entire. The berries are white or tan. The acrid juice is more painful than poison ivy, and takes longer to heal.
Sweetbrier. See Rose, Eglantine.
Sweet Gum; Liquidambar. Liquidambar styraciflua. Five lobed star pointed leaves. Cork winged branchlets. Spiny many-capsuled ball as fruit. Source of home made chewing gum.
Sweet Shrub; Sweet Scented Shrub. Butneria florida. The familiar small shrub with aromatic bark and brownish purple flowers, fragrant.
Sycamore; Buttonwood. Platanus occidentalis. Reddish brown bark peels off leaving almost white surface. Leaves rough to touch. Fruit is a one inch ball hanging from a long filament. The forest ghost.
Syringa. Philadelphus grandiflorus. Ovate opposite leaves. Flowers white tubular with spreading petals, not fragrant; four parted.
Thorn, Cockspur; Newcastle Thorn. Crataegus crus-galli. Obovate leaves with cuneiform base. Second year branchlets thorned. Dull red pomes, commonly called haws.
Thorn, Scarlet Fruited; White Thorn; Scarlet Haw. Crataegus coccinea. Bark light brown to ashy gray. Scarlet pomes in twos and threes. Branches spined.
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Thorn, Spatulate Leaf. Crataegus spathulata. Most of the leaves are spatulate. The berries or pomes are small and bright red in thick clusters. Tulip Tree. See Poplar, Yellow.
Tupelo; Pepperidge; Sour Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. Resembles the black gum in many ways. Leaves tend to cluster at ends of branches. The dried roots are lighter than cork.
Umbrella Tree; Mountain Magnolia. Magnolia tripetala. The enormous oval oblong leaf from twelve to eighteen inches long is sufficient to identify this tree. Fruit a red mass of carpels.
Wahoo. See Elm, Winged.
Walnut, Black. Juglans nigra. Compound leaf with fifteen to twenty- three leaflets. Nut inclosed in a green drupe, which changes to dark drown dry drupe. Hulls are a source of dye for copperas jeans.
Willow, Black. Salix nigra. Dark brown or black bark. Slender leaves. Catkins from one to three inches in length.
Willow, Sandbar; Long Leaf Willow. Salix fluviatalis. Leaves six inches long pointed at both ends. Branchlets slender and of orange color. Catkins about an inch long.
Willow, Weeping. Salix babylonica. Characterized by the slender droop- ing branches and leaves. Native of Babylon. Dioecious tree and only the pistillate tree in America. Propagated by cuttings.
Witch Hazel. Hamamelis virginiana. Light brown smooth bark; inner bark reddish purple. White dotted orange brown branchlets. Wavy toothed oval leaves. Yellow brown two celled pod.
CHAPTER XII. TROUP COUNTY BIRDS
T N PREPARING a list of Troup County birds, advantage has been taken of the hobby of Paul B. Smith in the study of bird life, to whom credit is herewith given for his assistance. The list may be far from complete but those listed have been observed as nesting in this county and include some migrators which customarily breed in other sections of the country.
The numeral after the several names of a given bird is the length in inches from the beak to the end of the tail feathers. The upper and lower plumage tints, the color of eggs, songs and calls, nests and the favorite lurking places are taken from standard works on bird life.
Blackbird, Red Wing; Swamp Blackbird; Red Winged Starling .- 9 1/2. Male: black with scarlet and buff shoulders; streaked breast. Female: brown- ish black and no red. Eggs: bluish white. Song: harsh cackle and "Conk- eree." Edges of swamps and ponds, frequently nests on ground.
Bluebird; Blue Robin .- 7. Light blue back and brownish red breast. Eggs: pale blue. Song: a continuous warble. Orchards and open woods; nests lined with grass.
Buzzard, Turkey; vulture .- 30. Brownish black plumage; naked red head. Eggs: dirty white spotted with brown and lavender. Nests in or near hollow logs and stumps.
Cardinal Grosbeak; Crested Redbird; Virginia Nightingale .- 9. Male: brilliant cardinal red with crest; throat black. Female: brownish yellow shading to gray, crested. Eggs: greenish blue with reddish brown spots. Song: loud clear warble; call, a low chirp. Nests are frail structures of twigs in thickets.
Catbird; Black Capped Thrush .- 9. Dark gray with breast somewhat lighter in tint. Eggs: greenish blue. Song: grating rasp; also a fine singer in imitation of birds. Hedges and thickets; nests lined with black rootlets.
Chat, Yellow Breasted; Polyglot Chat; Yellow Mocking Bird .- 71/2. Back gray with yellow breast shading to white under. Eggs: white speckled with red brown. Song: a medley of whistles and calls; flirts tail in singing. Tangled thickets; nests of grass and weeds near ground. This bird is a ventriloquist.
Chicadee, Carolina .- 41/2. Crown, nape and throat black; upper gray; under a dirty white; white cheeks look like a collar. Eggs: white sparingly speckled with red brown. Song: "phebe;" "chic-a-dee-dee;" "dee-dee-dee." Nests in hollow stumps.
Chuck-Will's-Widow .- 12. Male: rusty brown speckled; outer half of wing white. Female: no white. Eggs: white blotched with lavender. Song:
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"chuck-will's-widow." Nests on ground in leaves; in danger carries nest- lings in beak.
Creeper, Brown .- 51/2. Brown with ashy gray stripes; barred wings; lozenge mottles. Eggs: white speckled with reddish brown. Song: faint trill; "tseep." Nests behind loose bark; of twigs, moss and bark.
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