. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 170 CITIZEN BIRD " This is what enables him to play tricks on birds, House People, and various other animals. He will whistle until he has set a dog tearing through the bushes to find his supposed master. Another time he will give such a soft strange series of notes that a bird-lover will immediatelv begin to search through a tangle of briers, after what strange bird. Then ] he imagines to be a indulges in a fit of merriment at his own jokes —' chatter- chatter - chat - chat - chat- chat - chat' he says, calling his own
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 170 CITIZEN BIRD " This is what enables him to play tricks on birds, House People, and various other animals. He will whistle until he has set a dog tearing through the bushes to find his supposed master. Another time he will give such a soft strange series of notes that a bird-lover will immediatelv begin to search through a tangle of briers, after what strange bird. Then ] he imagines to be a indulges in a fit of merriment at his own jokes —' chatter- chatter - chat - chat - chat- chat - chat' he says, calling his own name as he slips away to the security of a catbrier or bar- l)erry bush. Large and vigorous and strong of beak as he is, this practi- cal joker is wise, and does not often show his con- spicuous yellow breast in open places. '^ Some day in the nesting season you may see the Chat fly up in the air and hear him sing his courting song, which is very sweet, different from all his jests and jeers. You will say, if you are near enough to take a long look—'Why, that Chat has forgotten to fold up liis legs, they are hanging straight down.' He has not forgotten, however; it is merely one of his odd habits at this season to cut all sorts of capers in the. Yellow-breasted Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York, The Macmillan Company
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