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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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n order tosee what, if it used them, the choice ofcolors would be. It selected all the graythreads, and, when nearly done, a fewblue and purple, but not a single red, orgreen or yellow strand. The strongestand best material is used for the part bywhich the whole is supported. The Baltimore Oriole is sometimes onintimate terms with his relative, the Or-chard Oriole. Last summer the latterhad hung its pretty cup-shaped nest ona branch of weeping willow near my win-dow. The tedium of her sitting was re-lieved several times by a morning callfrom Sir Baltimore. He would seat him-self on a twig near her nest and utter asoft, clear note, which no doubt meant agreeting in bird language. When he wentaway a few moments later, his two notessounded strangely like A—dieu—atranslation for which Olive Thorn Milleris authority. But his song and his speech were lessheeded than the spectacle of his brilliantflight— For look! The flash of flaming wingsThe fire plumed oriole. Belle Paxson Drurv. 20
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FROM COL. CHI. ACAO. SCIENCES. 420 BRANDTS CORMORANT. (Phalacrocorax penicillatus). About % Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1901. BYA. W. MUMFORO. CHICAGO. BRANDTS CORMORANT. (Phalacrocorax penicillatus.) There are about thirty species of Cor-morants which are distributed throughoutthe world. Ten of these are known toinhabit North America. They are oceanbirds, yet they are also occasionally seenon the larger bodies of fresh water. ThePacific coast of North America and theshores of New Zealand are rich in speciesand their plumage is more beautiful thanthat of those found in other parts of theworld. The name Cormorant is derived fromthe Latin words Corvus Marinus, mean-ing marine crow or raven. This namemay have been suggested by the fact thatthese birds are fond of sitting on an ele-vated perch, especially after a heartymeal. In this habit of seeking highperches, and because of their dark color,they resemble the raven or crow. Thegeneric name Phalacrocorax is derivedfrom the Greek words, meaning

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