. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ging withhis little might and main. As a result, the Indigo-bird proper is one of themost familiar features of woods edge and wayside, while the Indigo-bird,by courtesy—or shall we say by marriage?—is one of the least known ofSparrows. The singing bird makes no attempt at concealment, but seeks the mostprominent position possible on telegraph wire or tree-top, and repeats atfrequent intervals a piercing but not very melodious warble, which rises andfalls in sharp cadences, and fi
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ging withhis little might and main. As a result, the Indigo-bird proper is one of themost familiar features of woods edge and wayside, while the Indigo-bird,by courtesy—or shall we say by marriage?—is one of the least known ofSparrows. The singing bird makes no attempt at concealment, but seeks the mostprominent position possible on telegraph wire or tree-top, and repeats atfrequent intervals a piercing but not very melodious warble, which rises andfalls in sharp cadences, and finishes with a hasty jumble of unfinished notes. THE INDIGO BUNTING. 103 as tho the singer were out of breath. This song is kept up through tliegreater part of the day, and the singer is at his very best during the warmmonths of July and August. At this time his is often the only voice whichrelieves the monotony of a sultry day, and his efforts have won warm admi-ration on this account. Now and then the bird dives down to earth to attendto some domestic duty, but he is back again presently climbing a golden. Taken near Columbus. Fkoto by the Aiitin A WOODSIDE MUCH FREQUENTED BY I.\DIG0 BUNTINGS. Tire BLACKBERRY PATCH IN THE FOREGROUND CONTAINS A NEST, WHILE THE TREES ABOVE AFFORD A COMMANDING VIEW SUCH AS THE MALE INDIGO DE\RLY LOVES. staircase of song as he flits from branch to branch, until he has gained histopmost perch again. Here he sings for a time with such vigor that we aresure he is glad to be quit of his vexatious cares. If one looks in the bushes or crowded, rank weeds for the Indigos nest,he will soon be joined in the search by a wild-eyed female, who dogs his everystep and expostulates with him by vigorous chips for every movement of thefoliage. The maternal Indigo is the soul of suspicion, and her protests are so I04 THE INDIGO BUNTING. emphatic that the inquisitor believes himself hot when he may be a dozenyards away. As a result the nest is rather hard to fin
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