Identifier: birdsnature101901chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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sapling and finally scurried awayout of sight. It builds its nest on the ground anion?the dead leaves and under the protectingshade of large leaved herbage or lowshrubs. The nest is rather large for thesize of the bird. Grasses, small roots,the fibrous shreds of bark and a few driedleaves are used in its construction. Regarding the habits of this warblerDr. Cones writes as follows: It is asedate, rather a demure, little bird, with-out the vivacity of most warblers. Whenstartled from the dead leaves on theground, where it spends most of its timerambling, like the golden-crowned thrush,it flies to a low limb and then often sitsmotionless or hops listlessly about. THE HUMMINGBIRD. A wheel of emerald set to song, Song of a thousand murmurings; A rainbow held in its leashes long, A whirl of color, a rush of wings, The branches tilt and the petals quake (There is honey, my love, for you!) And the frowzled heads of the blossoms shake After each whispered interview. Nelly Hart Woodworth. 204
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FROM COL. CMI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 451 WORM-EATING- WARBLER. (Helmitherus vermivorus.) About Life-size. YHIGHT 1901, BY ft. W. MUMFORO, CHICASO. NEVAS BUTTERFLY. Oh! Oh! Auntie, please come here,my foots caught in this hammock and Icant get out and theres a caterpillar go-ing to crawl right on me! called littleNeva Birdsell in an excited tone. Aunt Doris laid down her sewing andwent over to where her little niece was ly-ing with her eyes riveted on a caterpillarwhich was slowly crawling along quiteignorant that anyone was being alarmedby its presence. Neva gave a sigh of relief when heraunt picked a leaf from the vine and thecaterpillar crawled off on to it. Now what shall I do with him?asked Aunt Doris as the caterpillarcurled itself, up in a little ball. Why, kill it, quick as ever you can,replied Neva promptly, I dont wanthorrid old caterpillars crawling roundme. Just then a beautiful butterfly lightedon the vine near by and Aunt Doris ques-tioned, Shall I catch the butterflv andkill t

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