A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Protection of Birds Purple Finch . Purple Grackle Purple Martin • • Qua - Bird Quail • • M. Troglodytes brevirostris Sylvia trichas Sturnus Ludovicianus Turdus polyglottus N. Caprimulgus Virginianus Sitta Carolinensis . 0 . Turdus ...
... Protection of Birds Purple Finch . Purple Grackle Purple Martin • • Qua - Bird Quail • • M. Troglodytes brevirostris Sylvia trichas Sturnus Ludovicianus Turdus polyglottus N. Caprimulgus Virginianus Sitta Carolinensis . 0 . Turdus ...
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... protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food caused by the tilling of the ground . It is well known that the labors of the farmer cause an excessive multipli- cation of all those insects whose larvæ are cherished in ...
... protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food caused by the tilling of the ground . It is well known that the labors of the farmer cause an excessive multipli- cation of all those insects whose larvæ are cherished in ...
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... protect it from rain . The inside is lined with soft . grass , feathers , and the cottony product of various plants . It is commonly placed on a low bush a few feet from the ground . This species , like all the Wrens , has great ...
... protect it from rain . The inside is lined with soft . grass , feathers , and the cottony product of various plants . It is commonly placed on a low bush a few feet from the ground . This species , like all the Wrens , has great ...
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... protect them from the keen sight of their enemies , while flitting among the blossoms of the trees ? It is probable that each of these purposes is subserved by this provision of Nature . She has clothed individuals of the same species ...
... protect them from the keen sight of their enemies , while flitting among the blossoms of the trees ? It is probable that each of these purposes is subserved by this provision of Nature . She has clothed individuals of the same species ...
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... protection in a peculiar way . All the males of these species are endowed with a pro- pensity to ruffle and expand ... protect them by concealment , and not by dazzling and alarming their foes . ROBIN . BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD ...
... protection in a peculiar way . All the males of these species are endowed with a pro- pensity to ruffle and expand ... protect them by concealment , and not by dazzling and alarming their foes . ROBIN . BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD ...
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