. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. the manner of it ' by far the As it walks, I like a Dove, very good re- nest forms of yllable instead 3r.' The song J feet, but you getting sight of Jrobably be on tnly. On stop- ;s. Look well or if the light golden V set 3oration which med Thrush, i^ou will very have a good rfection of his of tint. The ems quite out easily recog- v*the Golden- anner of bird )us love-song. )laying scales lied rhapsody. and he flies iring out his. NORTHERN WATER-THRUSH Z!roTtr"""^" ' '^^^ *" ^--d ^ «e
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. the manner of it ' by far the As it walks, I like a Dove, very good re- nest forms of yllable instead 3r.' The song J feet, but you getting sight of Jrobably be on tnly. On stop- ;s. Look well or if the light golden V set 3oration which med Thrush, i^ou will very have a good rfection of his of tint. The ems quite out easily recog- v*the Golden- anner of bird )us love-song. )laying scales lied rhapsody. and he flies iring out his. NORTHERN WATER-THRUSH Z!roTtr"""^" ' '^^^ *" ^--d ^ «ents of tins song m the stillness of the nioht when It .s peculiarly poetic, as if the bird " ioy.' ous dreams had ar«nised him ^^ The nest of the Oven-bird is placed on the ground and, though made only oJ dead leaves -ght be a structure of stone, so skillfully a e tie leaves-placed to make its roof and the se entrance, which suggest the open oven. It rare pleasure to see the birds at work it and a coveted one to watch them through Ll^l^;' The eggs are thickly spotted with brown, andTlfe nestings feathered with warm brown. In Le^ -g the young, the Oven-bird can choose from 1 own diet of earthworms, crickets, flies, and larv^! Northern Water-Thrush : Seiurus nooeboraeensis. (Fig. 177, p. -m.) Upper parts dull gravish oHvp â /,»//;, r Tins Northern Water-Thrnsh is seen in ânW along the muddy banks of rivers, brooks and I-onds, and nsnally under cover ; while i s Irg^ -at,ve the Large-billed or Water Thrâ,h does not care for cover, and prefers dear «nta,n streams with pebbly bottoms. TI eTal. 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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