Birds in literature (1911) (14569137067)

Identifier: birdsinliteratur00chur (find matches)
Title: Birds in literature
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Churchill, Abby P. (Abby Peirce)
Subjects: Birds in literature
Publisher: Worcester, Mass. : Davis Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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vice for its prey. Selected.97 Nuthatch, White-Breasted To a Nuthatch Shrewd little haunter of woods all gray,Whom I meet on my walk of a winter day—Youre busy inspecting each cranny and holeIn the ragged bark of yon hickory bole;You intent on your task, and I on the lawOf your wonderful head and gymnastic claw! The woodpecker well may despair of this feat-Only the fly with you can compete!So much is clear; but I fain would knowHow you can so reckless and fearless go,Head upward, head downward, all one to you,Zenith and nadir the same in your view. Edith M. Thomas. NUTHATCH, RED-BREASTED This bird is smaller than the white-breasted nuthatch,and can be recognized at a glance by the stripes on itshead, and the reddish brown of its breast. Florence A. Merriam. Birds of Village and Field.^ The notes of this species, though similar to the white-breasted, are sharper, resembling day day dait, and sound-ing almost like a childs trumpet. Its motions are alsoquicker. Nuttalls Ornithology.2®
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ORIOLE, BALTIMORE. GOLDEN ROBIN. FIREBIRD. ENGLISH ROBIN. HANG-NEST A flash of fire through the air; a rich, high, whistledsong floating in the wake of the feathered meteor; theBaltimore oriole cannot be mistaken. Neltje Blanchan. Bird Neighbors.^^ I always look for the Baltimore oriole when the cherrytrees burst into blossom, and at no time does its beautifulplumage appear to better advantage than when seenagainst a background of white flowers. Chapman. Bird Life.^^ Among all the designs of nests, in this country at least,there is nothing more picturesque than the deep, pendulousstructure of the Baltimore oriole, hanging from near theextremity of a drooping branch of an elm-tree, nearlyseven inches in depth, of cyUndrical shape, the outer parta sort of coarsely woven cloth made of thread, sewingsilk, ravelKngs of any kind, strings of the flax of silk-weed,tow, etc., with a lining of horse-hair, grass and similarmaterial. Parkhurst. The Birds Calendar.^^ Before the advent of civiHzati