The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds (1918) (14568798719)

Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00nati (find matches)

Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds

Year: 1918 (1910s)

Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942

Subjects: Birds

Publisher: Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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iiiK >i..\(. Ki.K 01 iiiKiUM.M i..\r(iM.it This is a picture of the nest of Mr. and .Mrs. ^■ellow-llreastell Chat, and tlie majority fthe eggs belong to the lady of the house; but slu* has l>een im;)osed upon in her absence andmade the victim of the indolence of her neighbor, Mrs. Cowliird, who has laid an egg in theChat nest for Mrs. Chat to incubate with her own. Mrs. Cowl»ir«l, relieved of the respon-sibility of bringing u;i her ofTspring. is prol>ably otT inir«l. The darker egg is the alien embryo. M

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62 DOWNY WOODPECKER (Dryobatespubescens) Ltiij^tli. (y inches. Our smallest \v<in(li)Cckcr ;spotted with l)lack and wliite. Dark liars onthe outer tail leathers distinguish it from thesimilarly colored hut larKcr hairy woodjiecker. l\an!4e: Resident in the United States andthe forested i)arts of Canada and Alaska. Hahits and economic status; This wood-pecker is commonly distributed, liviujj; in wood-land tracts, orchards, and gardens. The hirdhas several characteristic notes, and. like thehairy woodpecker, is fond of heating on a dryresonant tree branch a tattoo which to appreci-ative ears has the quality of woodland music.In a hole excavated in a dead branch thedowny woodpecker lays four to six eggs. Thisand the hairy woodpecker are among our mostvaluable allies, their food consisting of someof the worst foes of orchard and woodland,which the woodpeckers are especially equippedto dig out of dead and living wood. In theexamination <if jJi stomachs of this bird, ani-mal food, mos

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