A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Summer Yellow - Bird Swallows their Hibernation . Swan : Swamp - Sparrow • R. Picus Carolinus Picus erythrocephalus Muscicapa ruticilla Turdus rufus Icterus phoeniceus . Turdus migratorius Fringilla Ludoviciana Tetrao umbellus Hirundo ...
... Summer Yellow - Bird Swallows their Hibernation . Swan : Swamp - Sparrow • R. Picus Carolinus Picus erythrocephalus Muscicapa ruticilla Turdus rufus Icterus phoeniceus . Turdus migratorius Fringilla Ludoviciana Tetrao umbellus Hirundo ...
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... summer of 1857 , that I might learn to distinguish the different tunes , as reported by him . I had never thought of it before ; but in less than a week I could distinctly recognize the whole seven , and was convinced that his ...
... summer of 1857 , that I might learn to distinguish the different tunes , as reported by him . I had never thought of it before ; but in less than a week I could distinctly recognize the whole seven , and was convinced that his ...
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... summer , when hardly a breeze was stirring , and when the humming of the moth might be plainly heard as it glided by my open window , have I been charmed by the note of this little bird , ut- tered trillingly from the branch of a ...
... summer , when hardly a breeze was stirring , and when the humming of the moth might be plainly heard as it glided by my open window , have I been charmed by the note of this little bird , ut- tered trillingly from the branch of a ...
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... summer seem to be temporarily revived . They are very familiar and active , always flitting about our flower- gardens when they abound in marigolds and asters . The Hemp - Bird bears considerable resemblance to the Canary in his habits ...
... summer seem to be temporarily revived . They are very familiar and active , always flitting about our flower- gardens when they abound in marigolds and asters . The Hemp - Bird bears considerable resemblance to the Canary in his habits ...
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... summer , " says Mr. Fowler , " they rove about in small flocks , and in July will assemble together in con- siderable numbers on a particular tree , seemingly for no other purpose than to sing . These concerts are held by them on the ...
... summer , " says Mr. Fowler , " they rove about in small flocks , and in July will assemble together in con- siderable numbers on a particular tree , seemingly for no other purpose than to sing . These concerts are held by them on the ...
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