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Title: Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, Doubleday & McClure
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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head in a most exaggerated wren-fashion. Samuels explains the peculiar habit both the long-billed andthe short-billed marsh wrens have of building several nests inone season, by the theory that they are made to protect the sit-ting female, for it is noticed that the male bird always lures avisitor to an empty nest, and if this does not satisfy his curiosity,to another one, to prove conclusively that he has no family inprospect. Wild rice is an ideal nesting place for a colony of these littlemarsh wrens. The home is made of sedge grasses, softly linedwith the softer meadow grass or plant-down, and placed in atussock of tall grass, or even upon the ground. The entrance ison the side. But while fond of moist places, both for a homeand feeding ground, it will be noticed that these wrens have nospecial fondness for running water, so dear to their long-billedrelatives. Another distinction is that the eggs of this species,instead of being so densely speckled as to look brown, are purewhite.
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Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds Brown Thrasher (Harporhynchus rufus) Thrasher and Mocking-bird family Called also: BROWN THRUSH; GROUND THRUSH; REDTHRUSH ; BROWN MOCKING-BIRD ; FRENCH MOCK-ING-BIRD; MAVIS Length—\\ to 11.5 inches. Fully an inch longer than the robin. Male—Rusty red-brown or rufous above; darkest on wings, whichhave two short whitish bands. Underneath white, heavilystreaked (except on throat) with dark-brown, arrow-shapedspots. Tail very long. Yellow eyes. Bill long and curvedat tip. Female—Paler than male. Jiange—United States to Rockies. Nests from Gulf States toManitoba and Montreal. Winters south of Virginia. Migrations—Late April. October. Common summer resident. Theres a merry brown thrush sitting up in a tree;He is singing to me ! He is singing to me !And what does he say, little girl, little boy ? Oh, the worlds running over with joy 1 The hackneyed poem beginning with this stanza that de-lighted our nursery days, has

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