. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. n6 THE PROTH( )XOTARY upon a veritable fairy dell of woods and water, which even a Prothonotary Warbler will go far to see. The seepage through the levee furnishes the surrounding area with about two feet of standing water, at a level substan- tially twenty feet below that of the main reservoir. Here the essential char- acteristics of a southern swamp are reproduced,—tiny islands, verdant at the waterV edge, but bristling with willow stuhs and weighted wit
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. n6 THE PROTH( )XOTARY upon a veritable fairy dell of woods and water, which even a Prothonotary Warbler will go far to see. The seepage through the levee furnishes the surrounding area with about two feet of standing water, at a level substan- tially twenty feet below that of the main reservoir. Here the essential char- acteristics of a southern swamp are reproduced,—tiny islands, verdant at the waterV edge, but bristling with willow stuhs and weighted with decaying tree trunks; dark, oozy channels and uncertain depths between; and a high wall of halt open forest all about. Here above the ringing chorus of a bright May morning one hears the high droning of the monarch, swick, zvick, wick, wick, wick. Downy Woodpeckers have prepared the way. so generously, in fact, that one peers into a half dozen likely-looking holes before coming upon one, three or four feet above the water, which contains a heavy cushion of moss and grass and horse-hair, upon which rest five or six large heavily- colored eggs. Or else a natural cavity is found in some hollow limb, in which case an immense amount of material is required to fill up the space to within a moderate distance of the 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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