Identifier: americanornithol21902reed (find matches)
Title: American ornithology for the home and school
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Worcester, Mass. : C.K. Reed
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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e brave Chickadees came along to the fun. Miss Phoebe was there, in her prim suit of brown,In fact all the birds in the fair leafy town. The neighbors, of course, were politely invited.Not even the Ants and Crickets were slighted. The Grasshoppers came, some in gray, some in green,And covered with dust, hardly fit to be seen. Miss Miller flew in with her gown white as milk,And Ladybug flourished a new crimson silk. The bees turned out lively, the young and the old.And proud as could be, in their spencers of gold, But Miss Caterpillar, how funny of her, She hurried along in her mantle of fur. There were big bugs in plenty, and gnats great and small,A very hard matter to mention them all. And what did they do? Why they sported and sangTill all the green woods with their melody rang. Who eer gave a picnic so grand and so gay? They hadnt a shower, Im happy to say;And when the sun fell, like a cherry ripe red. The Fireflies lighted them all home to bed. Home Songs i6o AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY.
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PURPLE CRACKLE. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. i6i CRACKLES, We will include the Purple Crackle and the two sub-species underthis heading. The habits of the three varieties are very similar andthe same illustrations will answer for either. The only differences arein the matter of size of the Florida Crackle and in the different colorreflections of the other two, matters that can not be shown in theillustration. They are all commonly known in their several localitiesas Crow Blackbirds. PURPLE CRACKLE, A. O. U. No. 511. (Qalscalusqniscula.) RANGE. Chiefly east of the Alleghanies along the Atlantic coast from Floridato Massachusetts. DESCRIPTION. Length, from 12 to 13 inches; extent, about 18 inches; tail, from 5 to6 inches. The tail is very much rounded, the outer feathers beingabout an inch and a half shorter than the middle ones. Bill and feet,black. Eye very pale yellow almost white. Entire plumage, black.The iridescence is very variable but is most intense during the breed-ing season. The en

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