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Title: Birds and nature in natural colors.
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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- when pursued and flutter along in an apparently crippled manner in orderto attract attention to themselves while their young are escaping. Finally theparent bird, when the young has had sufficient time to escape, and hide, takes towing and flies, in a roundabout manner back to the vicinity of her young. Mrs.Wheelock records the finding of a Snowy Plovers nest near San Diego, Calif., inthe month of April. When discovered it contained three eggs. When the nestwas again visited three hours later two little ones had broken the shells and werecrouched in the nest looking like small gray stones. They were about the sizeof large walnuts and were \try pretty creatures. 590
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The Robin By Alfred Kummer I hear the dash of rainAgainst my window-pane;A robin in the tree-top swingsWhile in the rain he sings Courageous songster thou,To thee we cowards bow;O, robin, roystering in the rain,Thy song is not in vain. When clouds and storms prevail,And hopes and courage fail.Upon the limb, O, sing and swing,Dear robin in the rain. Upon his twig so frail, Ah! what if it should fail? Amid the rudest rain he sings, He fears not,—HE HATH WINGS. A heavenly message thine,Ill make your message mine:Not clouds or dashing rainCan quench thy throat of flame. Though all on earth should fail, Let Love and Faith prevail. The robin sings: /These are thy wings! Sing thou in every rain. O, robin, brave of heart,Thou dost bright hope impart:Look up, attain, ye men of pain.The robin in the rain. 591 The Buffle-Head (CharitoneUa albeola) By Lynds Jones Synonyms.—Butter-Ball; Spirit Duck. Description.—Adult male: Feathers of head puffy, somewhat lengthenedalong crest and nape; hea

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