Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes (1903) (14775171513)

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Title: Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes

Year: 1903 (1900s)

Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918

Subjects: Birds

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.

Contributing Library: Cornell University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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witches and scouts by turns, blessing his luck,Yet fearing me who laid it in his way.Nor, more than wiser we in our affairs,Divines the Providence that hides and helps.Heave, ho ! Heave, ho ! he whistles as the twineSlackens its hold; once more, now ! and a flashLightens across the sunlight to the elmWhere his mate dangles at her cup of felt. —James Russell Lowell. 212 BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY RED OF ANY SHADE Cardinal Grosbeak Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Pine Grosbeak American Crossbill and the W^ite-winged Crossbill Redpoll and Greater Redpoll Purple Finch Robin Orchard Oriole See the Red-winged Blackbird (Black). See also the males of the Rose-breastedGrosbeak, the Woodpeckers, the Chewink (Black and White); the Red-breastedNuthatch, the Bay-breasted and the Chestnut-sided Warblers (Slate and Gray); theBluebird and Barn Swallow (Blue); the Flicker (Brown); the Humming-bird and theKinglets (Greenish Gray); and the Blackburnian and Redstart Warblers, and theBaltimore Oriole (Orange).

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CARDINAL.Vg Life-size. BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY RED OF ANYSHADE Cardinal Grosbeak (Cardinal cardinalis) Finch family Called also: CRESTED REDBIRD; VIRGINIA REDBIRD ;VIRGINIA NIGHTINGALE; CARDINAL BIRD Length—8 to 9 inches. A little smaller than the robin. Male—Brilliant cardinal; chin and band around bill black. Beak stout and red. Crest conspicuous. In winter dress, wings washed with gray.Female—Brownish yellow above, shading to gray below. Tail shorter than the males. Crest, wings, and tail reddish. Breast sometimes tinged with red.Range—Eastern United States. A Southern bird, becoming more and more common during the summer in States north of Virginia, especially in Ohio, south of which it is resident throughout the year.Migrations—Kes,\Atn\. rather than migrating birds, remaining throughout the winter in localities where they have found their way. Travel in flocks. Among the numerous names by which this beautiful bird isknown, it has become immortalized under the title of Mr.

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