. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . the grand anthem of nature, whose com- ims nest appears near the center cf 1 , ■ , , THE illustration ON PACE 210. nlementary voices may be lost to any ear less fine than his. The bird listens to the retreating foot-steps of the morning stars,and sings, ■•Far azuay—far cnvay. Zephyr stirs the unfolding leaves withhis l^oyish alto and our matchless tenor responds, Coiiie to luc—Here in glee—bide a zece. in cadences of surpassing sweetness. Altho the singers voiceis rich and strijn
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . the grand anthem of nature, whose com- ims nest appears near the center cf 1 , ■ , , THE illustration ON PACE 210. nlementary voices may be lost to any ear less fine than his. The bird listens to the retreating foot-steps of the morning stars,and sings, ■•Far azuay—far cnvay. Zephyr stirs the unfolding leaves withhis l^oyish alto and our matchless tenor responds, Coiiie to luc—Here in glee—bide a zece. in cadences of surpassing sweetness. Altho the singers voiceis rich and strijng, so that he may be heard at times for half a mile, there areat tlie same time grace notes and finer passages which onlv a near-bv listenercan catch. The notes, I am told 1)y musical critics, are, of all ])ir<l notes, themost nearly reduciljle to ordinary musical notation ; Init the peculiar timbre oftlie l.)irds voice, the rich vil)rant quality of the tones, is of course utterance at morning and evening is something more than a cle\ er musi-cal ])erfr)rmance : it is worshii).. THE WOOD THRUSH. 213 The typical situation for a nestis upon an overarching saphng, asshown in the nearest secure a romantic site stabihtyis sometimes sacrificed, and the nest,loosely saddled upon a narrowbranch, may be toppled over by thewind or by a careless hand. At othertimes the nest is securely lodgedupon the forks of a horizontal limbor upright sapling, and may prove■\ery durable. Upon a foundation of dryleaves are laid grass, fibres, andweed-stems; these are held in placeby a matrix of mud or rotton wood,and the nest lined with rootlets ordead leaves. The mud-workingmust be disagreeable business forsuch dainty birds. I once cameupon a mother mason at her bill and breast were all be-daubed with mud, and she cut suclia sorry figure that she fled precipi-tatelv upon my approach and wouldnot come back again. According to Dr. Jones the same n
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