. Birds through the years . ermine its name fromthe specimens found there. Do not think because you live in the city that you can-not find birds. Mr. Parkhurst, author of that excellentbook, The Birds Calendar, found in Central Park, NewYork, members of nineteen of the twenty-one familieswhich inhabit the United States, — nearly a hundred vari-eties in all. In Prospect Park, Brooklyn, I have seen manykinds during the spring migration, and a large number reartheir broods there. The diagram showing the parts of a bird should becarefully studied. The expression upper parts, which 30 BIRDS THROUGH
. Birds through the years . ermine its name fromthe specimens found there. Do not think because you live in the city that you can-not find birds. Mr. Parkhurst, author of that excellentbook, The Birds Calendar, found in Central Park, NewYork, members of nineteen of the twenty-one familieswhich inhabit the United States, — nearly a hundred vari-eties in all. In Prospect Park, Brooklyn, I have seen manykinds during the spring migration, and a large number reartheir broods there. The diagram showing the parts of a bird should becarefully studied. The expression upper parts, which 30 BIRDS THROUGH THE YEAR occurs frequently in this book, includes all the upper sur-face except the wings and tail; under parts, the undersurface except the wings and tail. The length of a birdis the distance from the tip of bill to end of tail whenstretched to full length. The English Sparrow, which issix inches long, is used for the standard of measurementfor the smaller birds; the Robin, ten inches long, for thelarger birds. FOREHEAD. Diagram of the Parts of a Bird.
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