. Bits of bird life . and Resources. No. II. Among the Rockies: Scenery and Travel. No. 12. In the Southwest: Semi-Tropical 13. On the Plains: Pioneers and Ranchmen. No. 14. The Great I^ake Country: A Land of 15. On the Gulf: Attractive Regions of 16. Along the Atlantic: New York to 17. In New ]^ngland: The Home of the Puritans. Price 10 Cents Unch, Postpniih PERRY MASON & COMPANY, Publishers,201 Columbus A\enue. BOSTON, MASS. BITS OF BIRD LIFE. SELECTIONS From The Youths Companion. Number Seven. CONTENTS. BIRD LIFE IN AN OLD APPLE-TREE . . JO
. Bits of bird life . and Resources. No. II. Among the Rockies: Scenery and Travel. No. 12. In the Southwest: Semi-Tropical 13. On the Plains: Pioneers and Ranchmen. No. 14. The Great I^ake Country: A Land of 15. On the Gulf: Attractive Regions of 16. Along the Atlantic: New York to 17. In New ]^ngland: The Home of the Puritans. Price 10 Cents Unch, Postpniih PERRY MASON & COMPANY, Publishers,201 Columbus A\enue. BOSTON, MASS. BITS OF BIRD LIFE. SELECTIONS From The Youths Companion. Number Seven. CONTENTS. BIRD LIFE IN AN OLD APPLE-TREE . . JOHN BURROUGHS. AN ORIOLES NEST WM. J. LONG. n CROW WAYS WM. J. LONG. 15 A FAMILY HISTORY EMELINE A. CROSS. 22 A JOLLY RED-HEAD .... LEANDER S. KEYSER. 29 THE CARRIER-PIGEON IN AMERICA . HENRY EDWARD WALLACE. 33 THE PARTRIDGE ..... 39 OSTRICH-FARMING . HENRY H. BARROLL. 46 A WIDOWS-MITES E. F. HOLDEN. 53 OWLS AND THEIR USES .... H. W. HENSHAW. 58 Copyright, MASON & COMPANY,Boston, Early Spring Birds. Bird Life in an Old Apple-Tree Near my study there used to stand several old apple-treesthat bore fair crops of apples, but better crops of year these old trees were the scenes of bird incidentsand bird histories that were a source of much interest andamusement. Young trees may be the best for apples, but old trees aresure to bear the most birds. If they are very decrepit, andfull of dead and hollow branches, they will bear birds inwinter as well as summer. The downy woodpecker wantsno better place than the brittle, dozy trunk of an apple-treein which to excavate his winter home. My old apple-trees are all down but one, and this oneis probably an octogenarian, and I am afraid cannot standit another winter. Its body is a mere shell not much overone inch thick, the heart and main interior structure havingturned to black mold long ago. An old tree, unlike an old person, as long as it lives at all,always has a young streak, or rather ring, in it. It w
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