A year with the birds (1917) (14746808921)

Identifier: cu31924022541563 (find matches)

Title: A year with the birds

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Ball, Alice Eliza, 1867- Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948

Subjects: Birds Birds

Publisher: New York : Gibbs & Van Vleck

Contributing Library: Cornell University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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MOCKINGBIRD The Yellow-billed CuckooThe Humming--Bird 125 The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo You slender, shy and dovelike bird, All white and brownish gray,With rufous wings, black, spotted tail, Bill yellow half the way.Youre rarely seen, not often heard; Your Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-coo,Brings eager eyes to woodland glades To catch a glimpse of you. A. E. B. 126

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YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO To The Cuckoo 0 blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice.0 Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to meNo bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. To seek thee did I often roveThrough woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love;Still longed for, never seen. Wordsworth 127 The Legend of the First Humming-Bird Once on a time, two Indians sped From a forest at dead of night,When they came on a fiery mound, cone-shaped,— A frightful, awesome sight. Against the sky they saw it glow With a flickering, lurid gleam;Great yawning cracks in its riven side Showed fire in every seam. Smoke floated away from its flaming top, Hid stars and darkened the sky;Great Spirits wigwam it must be, They said with a frightened cry. How angry he must be with our tribe! They thought, and could not sleep;When morning dawned, their fears were soothed, For twas only a mountain s

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