. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. insilvanicus. the eye; under eathers white; s. it larg-e, breed- is and from the iiiff in the Gulf , be on the irtls. They vhen a few lers as they if you keej) ing around ^thougli you ary to heai' them from ill surjirise bob their tails some- imoWN CHEEP EH 349 Their business on the plowed ground is to piek up msects and larva., but they are often ruthlessly shot for sport or gun praiiee. I saw a wretched case of this sort one day when drivin! n the country. The report of a'gun was fof- owed by smoke rising o
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. insilvanicus. the eye; under eathers white; s. it larg-e, breed- is and from the iiiff in the Gulf , be on the irtls. They vhen a few lers as they if you keej) ing around ^thougli you ary to heai' them from ill surjirise bob their tails some- imoWN CHEEP EH 349 Their business on the plowed ground is to piek up msects and larva., but they are often ruthlessly shot for sport or gun praiiee. I saw a wretched case of this sort one day when drivin! n the country. The report of a'gun was fof- owed by smoke rising over a plowed Held, and then a flock of the poor little creatures rose cry ing mo the air. The gunner up, ,az â' vacantly over the field, and a farmer who was plowmg there held up his horses out of idle curi- osity to see what luck the sportsman had had, and wotxld doubtless have been amazed if told that Brown Creeper: Ccrthla Janulians arnerlcana. \f . »r ^â '''tern iNorth America: breedn trom Mmnesota, New York nnri Ar ⢠, "'ttns -n. âoââââ â.,« ,-â:;:, ^ n^-:;;:::⢠This ,s one of the u.,uiâo litUo bird, â],osc ways are all h,, own To be sure, the Nâthatohes am Biaek and Wh,te C, affeet fee , bu not so exeU,.vely that their .Ire^s and tool ,lo- elare heu- trade. The Brown Creeper i,s bark eolor to bepn w,th, and then hi., bill iscrved to better reach the .nsects and egg, ââder the bark oi tree trunks (compare Figs. 196-200, p. 350) â ins ,..ad toe-nail is elongated, to better bear his' iiii. 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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