Image from page 502 of "Bird-lore" (1899)
Identifier: birdlore16nati
Title: Bird-lore
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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ples leaves to gold;The most are gone now; here and there one lingers;Soon these will slip from out the twigs weak hold,Like coins between a dying misers fingers. DAY AND NIGHT Day is a snow-white Dove of heavenThat from the East glad message brings;Night is a stealthJ^ evil Raven,Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings. The Audubon Societies 463 FROM YOUNG OBSERVERS BARN SWALLOWS For the past few years our barn has become the dwelling-place of the beau-tiful Barn Swallows, and we certainly have had much pleasure watching themat their household duties. They are a little larger than the English Sparrow,but appear much larger on account of their wide wing-spread. The male is a beautiful shade of steel-blue, shading to black above. Itsbreast and underparts are a bright chestnut-brown and brilliant buff, that ismost exquisite when the sun shines on it. Its tail is forked and slender. Thefemale is smaller and paler and with her tail less forked. To me this is one ofour most beautiful birds.
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VOUXG BARX SWALLOW It builds its nest up in the rafters of the barn, and it is built of clay or mudmixed with straw, held together by the glutinous saliva of the bird and linedwith fine grass and feathers. While the female is on the nest the male treats her very kindly and tenderly,feeding her and even relieving her of her task for a short time, so that shemay fly abroad for exercise and refreshments. The young hatch from the white eggs spotted with brown in about elevendays, and in about two weeks are able to leave the nest, and in about anotherweek take very good care of themselves. Even then the parents, when theymeet the young on the wing, will sometimes give them food. The flight of these birds is beyond description. When they wheel about thebarn, and skim over the fields, or even when they are sitting on the telephonewires, they are most graceful. The one fault I can find with these birds is that they are not very tidy abouttheir homes. Most birds clean every scrap of refuse awa
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Image from page 502 of "Bird-lore" (1899)
Identifier: birdlore16nati
Title: Bird-lore
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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ples leaves to gold;The most are gone now; here and there one lingers;Soon these will slip from out the twigs weak hold,Like coins between a dying misers fingers. DAY AND NIGHT Day is a snow-white Dove of heavenThat from the East glad message brings;Night is a stealthJ^ evil Raven,Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings. The Audubon Societies 463 FROM YOUNG OBSERVERS BARN SWALLOWS For the past few years our barn has become the dwelling-place of the beau-tiful Barn Swallows, and we certainly have had much pleasure watching themat their household duties. They are a little larger than the English Sparrow,but appear much larger on account of their wide wing-spread. The male is a beautiful shade of steel-blue, shading to black above. Itsbreast and underparts are a bright chestnut-brown and brilliant buff, that ismost exquisite when the sun shines on it. Its tail is forked and slender. Thefemale is smaller and paler and with her tail less forked. To me this is one ofour most beautiful birds.
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VOUXG BARX SWALLOW It builds its nest up in the rafters of the barn, and it is built of clay or mudmixed with straw, held together by the glutinous saliva of the bird and linedwith fine grass and feathers. While the female is on the nest the male treats her very kindly and tenderly,feeding her and even relieving her of her task for a short time, so that shemay fly abroad for exercise and refreshments. The young hatch from the white eggs spotted with brown in about elevendays, and in about two weeks are able to leave the nest, and in about anotherweek take very good care of themselves. Even then the parents, when theymeet the young on the wing, will sometimes give them food. The flight of these birds is beyond description. When they wheel about thebarn, and skim over the fields, or even when they are sitting on the telephonewires, they are most graceful. The one fault I can find with these birds is that they are not very tidy abouttheir homes. Most birds clean every scrap of refuse awa
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