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Title: Baby birds at home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, ltd.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ill take possession ofa stretch of river or stream, preferably onewith plenty of cascades and mossy bouldersin it, and allow no other members of theirspecies to intrude. If you try to drive aDipper away from its own part of a streamyou cannot do so, for as soon as the birdhas reached the boundary line of its par-ticular beat, it will fly round you and return. The song of this species is exceedinglysweet, but pitched so low that it cannot beheard to advantage, unless the listener isvery close to the singer. The nest is built in crevices of rock, inholes in stone bridges, on mossy boulders,and even behind waterfalls. It is a largestructure, made of moss, and lined with finedead grass and leaves. In shape it is notunlike that of the wren. The eggs arewhite and number four to six. Young Dippers have no white on thebreast, and their plumage is a mixture ofblack, brown, and grey. Phikted by Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C. ms^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^^it^wi
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im A Illustrated usi oj x Kearton Books i i Natural History Works By Richard Kearton, F.z.s., rr.p.s. With Illustrations from Photographs taken directfrom Nature by Cherry and Richard Kearton THESE books are characterised by truth,beauty, and interest. The wonderfulillustrations adorning their pages have costfifteen years of patient toil, the travelling ofupwards of thirty thousand miles, and theexposure of over ten thousand photographicplates. Kearton books show you things asthey actually are in Nature, and not as theyare supposed to be. They do not carry anyscent of the midnight oil or the mustyreference library, but give you instead thehealthy breeze of the seashore and the sweetfreshness of the sunlit mountain-side. Published only by CdS Sell & Co*, Ltd,, La Belle Sawvage, London, E.C.Ne<w York, Toronto and Melbourne Keartons NaturePictures Beautifully repro-duced in 24 ColouredPlates, 72 Rem-brandt Photogra-vures, and hundredsof Photographic Re-productions, withDescriptive

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