A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 13
... eggs of a green- ish - white surface covered with brownish specks . Begin- ning in April , she rears two and often three broods during the season , and her mate prolongs his notes until the last brood has flown from the nest . The notes ...
... eggs of a green- ish - white surface covered with brownish specks . Begin- ning in April , she rears two and often three broods during the season , and her mate prolongs his notes until the last brood has flown from the nest . The notes ...
Page 19
... name . It is unsurpassed in neat- ness and beauty by the nest of any other bird . The eggs are four in number , of a pale blue with dark spots . THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH . During all the pleasant days of BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 19.
... name . It is unsurpassed in neat- ness and beauty by the nest of any other bird . The eggs are four in number , of a pale blue with dark spots . THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH . During all the pleasant days of BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 19.
Page 21
... with the period of courtship . A singular habit of the Hemp - Bird is that of building a nest , and then tearing it to pieces , before any eggs have been laid in it , and using the materials to BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 21.
... with the period of courtship . A singular habit of the Hemp - Bird is that of building a nest , and then tearing it to pieces , before any eggs have been laid in it , and using the materials to BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 21.
Page 24
... eggs are of a pale green with dark spots of irregular size . THE PEABODY - BIRD . In the northern parts of New England only are the inhabitants familiar with the habits of the Peabody - Bird , or White - throated Sparrow . I have seen ...
... eggs are of a pale green with dark spots of irregular size . THE PEABODY - BIRD . In the northern parts of New England only are the inhabitants familiar with the habits of the Peabody - Bird , or White - throated Sparrow . I have seen ...
Page 67
... eggs . This depredation I have never witnessed ; but have seen the red squirrel descend in this manner upon the spray of an elm , and seize the chrysalis of a certain insect which was rolled up in a leaf . The lively motions and general ...
... eggs . This depredation I have never witnessed ; but have seen the red squirrel descend in this manner upon the spray of an elm , and seize the chrysalis of a certain insect which was rolled up in a leaf . The lively motions and general ...
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