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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
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ommon andbreeds; but west of this, on the Aleutianchain—as upon the various other islandsin Bering Sea—it is unknown, its absencebeing easily accounted for by the bareand unattractive character of theseislands. Many observers speak of its song asonly an occasional chirp. During thespring and autumn migrations, theGolden-crowned Warbler passes throughthe states of Oregon and Washington.Writing of its appearance in those states,Mr. William Rogers Lord says: Manypersons will observe a sparrow, beautifulto the eye and, should the occasionalsong be heard, charming to the ear.Joseph Grinnell in his Birds of the Kot-zebue Sound Region, Alaska, speaks oftheir extremely sad, quavering song oftwo syllables. Mr. Burroughs was in-spired by its song to write, I hear the wild bees mellow chord, In airs that swim above;The lesser hermit tunes his flute To solitude and love. But thou, sweet singer of the wild, I give more heed to thee;Thy wistful note of fond regret Strike deeperchords in me. 146
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FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 641 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. (Zonotrichia coronata).f Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1904, BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO J TWENTY COMMON WARBLERS. PART I. Miss Merriam thus sums up the Warb-lers : Plumage, mostly variegated andbrilliant. Females generally duller thanmales. Song, in many cases only a trill.Food, insects. Habits, nervous, restless.These, then, are the general character-istics the student of the somewhat diffi-cult family, Mniotiltidae or Wood Warb-lers, must bear in mind. In the following an endeavor has beenmade to give the specific characters andconvey some idea of the songs. Thetwenty birds, I may here state, werechosen almost at random; and in formingan order of precedence it has beennecessary to ignore check-list order tomake way for this classification. Thefirst six essentially spring migrants arealso seen in the fall, but less conspicu-ously. The next eleven are summer resi-dents of Allegheny County, Pennsyl-vania. The last three essentially fallm

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