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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: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday & McClure
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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st answer for their love-song.Nest in hollowed-out trees. Red-headed Woodpecker. Hairy Woodpecker. Downy Woodpecker. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Flicker. Order Macrochires: GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, AND HUM-MING-BIRDS Family Caprimulgidce: NIGHTHAWKS, WHIPPOORWILLS, ETC. Medium-sized, mottled brownish, gray, black, and whitebirds of heavy build. Short, thick head ; gaping, large mouth ;very small bill, with bristles at base. Take insect food on thewing. Feet small and weak ; wings long and powerful. Thesebirds rest lengthwise on their perch while sleeping through thebrightest daylight hours, or on the ground, where they nest. Nighthawk. Whippoorwill. Family Micropolidce: SWIFTS Sooty, dusky birds seen on the wing, never resting exceptin chimneys of houses, or hollow trees, where they nest. Tipsof tail feathers with sharp spines, used as props. They show theirkinship with the goatsuckers in their nocturnal as well as diurnalhabits, their small bills and large mouths for catching insects on 4
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Bird Families the wing, and their weak feet. Gregarious, especially at the nesting season. Chimney Swift. Family TrocUlidce: HUMMING-BIRDS Very small birds with green plumage (iridescent red ororange breast in males); long, needle-shaped bill for extractinginsects and nectar from deep-cupped flowers, and exceedinglyrapid, darting flight. Small feet. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. Order Passeres : PERCHING BIRDS Family Tyrannidx: FLYCATCHERS Small and medium-sized dull, dark-olive, or gray birds, withbig heads that are sometimes crested. Bills hooked at end, andwith bristles at base. Harsh or plaintive voices. Wings longerthan tail ; both wings and tails usually drooped and vibratingwhen the birds are perching. Habits moody and silent whenperching on a conspicuous limb, telegraph wire, dead tree, orfence rail and waiting for insects to fly within range. Sudden,nervous, spasmodic sallies in midair to seize insects on the wing.Usually they return to their identical perch or lookout. Pug-nac

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