. American bird magazine, ornithology . By R. Ford. White-breasted Nuthatch.(Showing method of clinging to the trunk of a tree). AMERICAX ORNITHOLOGY. 159. Photo by R. B. and Egg of Am. Coot. 160 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. •4. ■ .J. ;|:. DICKCISSEL % :ii By Isaac E. Hess, ♦ Ijl In the waste-field, garden, meadow, tangled brake and weedy pasture. -h Everywhere we find Diekeissel; everywhere his nest of sedge; ^ S. Safely sheltered in the thornA^ arms of berry-bush and briar, ^ li. Gently swaying with the branches of the osage-orange hedge; ^ 7}. Hidden on the ground in meadow in the mi
. American bird magazine, ornithology . By R. Ford. White-breasted Nuthatch.(Showing method of clinging to the trunk of a tree). AMERICAX ORNITHOLOGY. 159. Photo by R. B. and Egg of Am. Coot. 160 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. •4. ■ .J. ;|:. DICKCISSEL % :ii By Isaac E. Hess, ♦ Ijl In the waste-field, garden, meadow, tangled brake and weedy pasture. -h Everywhere we find Diekeissel; everywhere his nest of sedge; ^ S. Safely sheltered in the thornA^ arms of berry-bush and briar, ^ li. Gently swaying with the branches of the osage-orange hedge; ^ 7}. Hidden on the ground in meadow in the midst of clover blossoms, 4. ^ Snugly nestling in the bosom of the prickly thistle copse; 4! %. Sometimes firmly fastened to the stronger branches of a weed-stalk, X Ij! Oftimes loosely placed in swamp grass near its treacherous waving tops. X Iji In the most unlooked for places little Dick constructs his nest; ^. ^ Often most unwisely chosen is the sjaot he thinks the best. J 4- •!♦ X When the mower cuts wide swaths and sweeps great paths adown the meadow Ij, X And the sickle blades strew thistles and tall weeds along the way, ^ X There is
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