. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 84 VEETEBEATES: BIRDS. The Cow-Bird is larger than the Bobolink, and is the most singular bird in North America. For some reason which is not miderstood it never makes a nest, but, like the European Cuckoo, stealthily lays its eggs, only one in a place, in the nests of Warblers, Flycatchers, Blue- birds, Sparrows, and the Golden-crowned Thrush. The egg is grayish blue, marked with brown dots and short streaks. And it is a curious fac
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 84 VEETEBEATES: BIRDS. The Cow-Bird is larger than the Bobolink, and is the most singular bird in North America. For some reason which is not miderstood it never makes a nest, but, like the European Cuckoo, stealthily lays its eggs, only one in a place, in the nests of Warblers, Flycatchers, Blue- birds, Sparrows, and the Golden-crowned Thrush. The egg is grayish blue, marked with brown dots and short streaks. And it is a curious fact that this egg hatches before the eggs of the bird in whose nest it is laid. As soon as the young Cow-Bird is hatched, the foster- parents leave their own eggs to get food for it, and hence the young in their eggs die, and the eggs are soon thrown from the nest. Then the young Cow-Bird receives the whole attention of those that have been compelled to adopt it, and they feed it till long after it can fly, and until it is larger than the foster-parents themselves. The head and neck of the Cow-Bird is of a chocolate color, the rest of the body lustrous black ; the female is light brown. The Red-winged Blackbird is nearly as large as the robin, shining black, with the shoulder and a part of the wing bright crimson. The female is of a dusky color. It is common about ponds and marshes, and builds its nest in low bushes or tufts of sedges. The Meadow Lark is rather larger than the robin; the upper parts brown and brownish white, the. Rg. 140. —Meadow 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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