A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Purple Grackle Purple Martin • • Qua - Bird Quail • • M. Troglodytes brevirostris Sylvia trichas Sturnus Ludovicianus Turdus polyglottus N. Caprimulgus Virginianus Sitta Carolinensis . 0 . Turdus aurocapillus P. Fringilla albicollis ...
... Purple Grackle Purple Martin • • Qua - Bird Quail • • M. Troglodytes brevirostris Sylvia trichas Sturnus Ludovicianus Turdus polyglottus N. Caprimulgus Virginianus Sitta Carolinensis . 0 . Turdus aurocapillus P. Fringilla albicollis ...
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... PURPLE FINCH OR AMERICAN LINNET . The American Linnet is almost a new acquaintance of many people in Eastern Massachusetts . In my early days , which were passed in Essex County , I seldom met one in my rambles . It is now very common ...
... PURPLE FINCH OR AMERICAN LINNET . The American Linnet is almost a new acquaintance of many people in Eastern Massachusetts . In my early days , which were passed in Essex County , I seldom met one in my rambles . It is now very common ...
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... purple fringes upon the elm and golden tassels upon the willow bough , and weaving for the maple a vesture of crimson . She brings life to the frozen streams , verdure to the seared meadows , and music to the woods , which have heard ...
... purple fringes upon the elm and golden tassels upon the willow bough , and weaving for the maple a vesture of crimson . She brings life to the frozen streams , verdure to the seared meadows , and music to the woods , which have heard ...
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... dark , rapidly moving clouds , of brown meadows and plashy foot - paths . The barren hills are velveted with moss of a perfect greenness , delicately shaded with a profusion of glossy purple stems , like so many hairs 34 APRIL .
... dark , rapidly moving clouds , of brown meadows and plashy foot - paths . The barren hills are velveted with moss of a perfect greenness , delicately shaded with a profusion of glossy purple stems , like so many hairs 34 APRIL .
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Wilson Flagg. profusion of glossy purple stems , like so many hairs , termi- nated with the peculiar flower of the plant ; and long stripes of verdure mark the progress of the new - born rivulets , as they pursue their irregular course ...
Wilson Flagg. profusion of glossy purple stems , like so many hairs , termi- nated with the peculiar flower of the plant ; and long stripes of verdure mark the progress of the new - born rivulets , as they pursue their irregular course ...
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