Identifier: americannaturalh02hornuoft (find matches)
Title: The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937
Subjects: Natural history -- North America
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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be necessary.The Wood Thrush^ is one-fifth smaller than a robin,and is easily recognized anywhere by its beautifully spotted breast. It has aboutfifty dark-brown spots,often arranged in rowsup and down its breast,belly and throat, on acreamy-white ground-color. Other thrusheshave dark spots on thebreast, but not down tothe legs. The head andshoulders of this birdWOOD THRUSH. ^^^ ^f a bright cinna- mon color.This graceful creature often works overtime to make thewoods melodious, and it is one of our sweetest singers. Itis not so bold and confident as the robin, and is much givento following the robins lead. Its favorite haunt is the sweetseclusion of shady woods and thickets, where the half-bareearth affords good hunting-grounds, and a fair degree of safetyfrom observation. Its nesting habits are very much like thoseof the robin, and its range includes the whole eastern half ofthe United States, to the Great Plains beyond the Mississippi. ^ Hy-lo-cichla vius-tel-ina. Length, 8 inches.
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THE BLUEBIRD 265 The Common Bluebird.^—The United States is a coun-try of such vast extent, it is a physical mosaic of differentelevations, soils and climates. Roughly speaking, these areits physical divisions: 1. The eastern half, of ideal rainfall, bountiful harvestsand abundant shade. 2. The Great Plains, fine for grazing, but mostly too dryfor agriculture. 3. The Rocky Mountain region, embracing a perfect med-ley of physical conditions, mostly high, rugged and ratherlacking in insect life. 4. The arid regions of the country between the Rockiesand Sierra Nevadas, extending from southern Washingtonto the City of Mexico, and including southern California. 5. The region of great rainfall, on the northwestern Pacificcoast (northern California, Oregon and Washington). It is not strange, therefore, that we find typical species ofeastern animals developing westward into different colors,and also different pelage, and designated scientifically bydifferent names. Take these examples by wa

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