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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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tive body to a most vigorous assaultfrom the angry horde. If it should leaveits present shelter, its wide open eyes,unprotected by lids, would be blinded .bythe light, thus taking away from it themeans of defense and leaving two shin-ing marks for tooth and nail of the at-tacking party: every instinct of the dep-redator said, Wait, for he knew thatwhen darkness had settled over the twi-light it would let light into the greateyes, while it would fast seal up thoseof the mother bird and her allies. Asthe crows did not cease their outcrywhile I remained in the woods, I fearthe owl, vindicating its reputation* forwisdom, finally resolved to win likeFabius by delay. The mother crow and her helpful,sympathizing neighbors deserved a vic-tory, but I fear they did not gain onefor our friend Ernest Thompson Setontells us, There is only one time whenthe crow is a fool, and that is at night.We know, too, that the owl picks thebones of its victims under cover of thedarkness. Harriet S. Osmond. 140
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THE SCALED PARTRIDGE (Callipepia squamata.) One of the most interesting occasions The range of the Scaled Partridgesto break the monotony of a long ride on a is not very extensive. It extends fromNew Mexican or Arizonian desert re- the tablelands of Mexico northwardgion is to come in view of a covey of the through central and western Texas intobeautiful Scaled Partridges, which are New Mexico, where it is quite well dis-also known as the Blue or White Top- tributed and is fairly abundant, andknot Quails. As they are familiar with southern Arizona where they are quitestray companies of antelopes, cows and common in certain localities. Majorhorses, they pay little attention to the Bendire quotes in his Life Histories ofrider and allow him to approach within North American Birds, the observa-a few yards. A sudden dash at them will tions of Mr. Herbert Brown, who says:cause the birds to take a short flight to I have seen this bird both far awayan arroyo or to a heavy growth of yucca from,

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