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Title: Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners
Identifier: citizenbirdscene00wri (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS 29' Olive told you once, the Swifts are a family all by them- selves. This one lives in the eastern half of the coun- try in summer, and goes far south for the winter. When he lives in a wild region, he chooses a hollow tree for his nesting place, as his ancestors always did before there were any houses or chimneys.
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Chimney Swift. The flight of the Swift is so rapid that at times it is almost impossible for the quickest eye to follow him ; his wings are very strong, and almost as long as all the rest of his body. Sliort and blunt as his tail looks Avhen he flies, each feather ends in a hard sharp point which sticks

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  • bookyear:1897
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Wright_Mabel_Osgood_1859_1934
  • bookauthor:Coues_Elliott_1842_1899
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:New_York_The_Macmillan_company
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:317
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americana
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