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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
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tance the head seemed to beall aflame. This skin is not smooth, butthickly covered with small papillae. Dr.Elliot also quotes an observer who says:This bird is known to the Chinese asthe Pih Heen, and it is one of thosewhich are embroidered upon the heart-and back-badges of the official dressesof the civil mandarins, to denote therank of the wearer. Both the. Silver Pheasant and its nearrelative the golden species have beenintroduced from China into the aviariesof Europe. They have also been intro-duced into the states of Washington andOregon where they seem to have becomeacclimatized. Mr. William T. Hornadaybelieves that on account of the strongand hardy natures of both of these pheas-ants, there should be little difficulty inintroducing them in any well woodedfarming region east of the MississippiRiver and south of the fortieth parallel.Unfortunately the Silver Pheasant lacksthe amiable and gentle disposition of itsgolden relative yet they are gracefulboth in motion and in pose. 134
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TREE LORE Which one appeals to you the most? to the time of planting our corn; when Have you thought of it ? You have your the leaves are the size of a mouses ears, favorite flower, your choice book, your then it is time to put the seed in the especial friend—which then, of all tiiese ground. tender leaved beings with their hundred The Indians* request was granted and thousand whispering tongues, touches the tree, afterwards becoming the cus- the deepest chord in your consciousness ? todian of the lost charter, became famous The flood of pink and white blossoms for all time. King Edwards Oak in from the fruit trees, the sweet odors Central Park, New York, planted by the from the oozing pines, the lofty jets of king many years ago when he visited us foliage of the elms, which Dr. Holmes as the Prince of Wales, caused a good says come nearer to having a soul than deal of comment oyer all the world any other vegetable creature among us, when at the time of the recent illness of which s

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