Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts (1911) (14728178446)

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Title: Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts

Year: 1911 (1910s)

Authors: De Groat, Herman C

Subjects: Birds

Publisher: Buffalo, N. Y., Herman C. De Groat

Contributing Library: Cornell University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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China. The date when thesebirds were tamed and made useful is uncertain. Books written1000 B. C. refer to cock fighting in thoSe lands at that time.Domesticated birds gradually spread westward and reachedEurope about 325 B. C, having been carried there by the armyof Alexander the Great after his invasion of Asia. Their distribution soon became general throughout thecontinent of Europe; and in the countries about the Mediter-ranean Sea, many fine species were developed from the Asiaticbirds, viz., the Leghorns, Houdans, Hamburgs, Minorcas andSpanish breeds. These varieties are active, good-laying andlargely non-sitting, but they are all small birds. They werebrought to this country many years ago. The Brahmas were imported to America from India andthe Cochins from China. Both of these kinds are very largefowls but they are poor egg-producers and persistent sitters.Hence it may be seen that the Mediterranean varieties werenot entirely satisfactory because they were too small to be of 54

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BLUEBIRD Male—Upper parts, wings and tail bright blue turning toa rusty shade in autumn; throat, breast and-sides cinnamon-red;under parts white. Female has duller blue color washed withgray, and a paler breast than the male. Range, North Americato Mexico. Winters from Maryland to the West Indies.Length, seven inches. Nest of grasses in hollow trees, railsor bird boxes. Eggs, four to six, bluish-white, .85 x .65inches. This beautiful, migratory bird arrives in the North beforethe Robin, early in March, and remains until November, beingone of the last birds to depart for the South. Its bright colors,gentle ways and sweet song make it very attractive. The malecomes a few days before the female. As soon as the matearrives, the hunt for a nesting place begins. The birds may beseen peering into deserted Woodpecker holes, exploring hollowtrees in the orchards and running in and out of cavities infence rails. At last the nest is sure to be placed near manshome, for these birds, like the Ro

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