. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . Cowbird. Orchard Oriole. Baltimore Oriole. The Grosbeaks : Evening, Blue,Pine, Rose-breasted, and Car-dinal. Snowflake. White-crowned ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE ROBIN Red-headed Shrike. Northern Shrike. Mocking-bird. Catbird. Chewink. Purple Martin (
. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . Cowbird. Orchard Oriole. Baltimore Oriole. The Grosbeaks : Evening, Blue,Pine, Rose-breasted, and Car-dinal. Snowflake. White-crowned ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE ROBIN Red-headed Shrike. Northern Shrike. Mocking-bird. Catbird. Chewink. Purple Martin (apparently). LONGER THAN THE ROBIN Mourning Dove. The Cuckoos. Kingfisher. Flicker. Raven. Crow. Fish Crow. Blue Whippoorwill (apparently)Nighthawk (apparently)The Thrasher. 36 I DESCRIPTIONS OF BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO COLOR BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY BLACK Common CrowFish CrowAmerican RavenPurple CrackleBronzed CrackleRusty BlackbirdRed-winged BlackbirdPurple MartinCowbird See also several of the Swallows; the Kingbird, the Phoebe, the ^oodPewee, and other Flycatchers; the Chimney Swift; and the BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY BLACK The Common Crow (Corvus Americanus) Crow family Called also : CORN THIEF Length—16 to inches. Male—Glossy black with violet reflections. Wings appear saw-toothed when spread, and almost equal the tail in length. Female—Like male, except that the black is less brilliant. Range—[\\xoug\\oui North America, from Hudson Bay to theGulf of Mexico. Migrations—March. October. Summer and winter resident. if we have an eye for the picturesque, we place a certainvalue upon the broad, strong dash of color in the landscape, givenby a flock of crows flapping their course above a corn-field, againstan October sky ; but the practical eye of the farmer looks onlyfor his gun in such a case. To him the crow is an unmitigatednuisance, all the more maddening because it is clever enough tocircumvent every means devised
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