. Nestlings of forest and marsh . an endlessstudy. So far as reading human characteristicsinto animal life is concerned, can any one tell where9 FOREWORD the brute ends and the human begins ? Manyof the emotions of mans heart find their counter-part in the life of birds. That we do not perceivethis proves only how dull is our sight. To him who in the love of Nature holdsCommunion with her visible forms, she speaksA various language. We hear and interpret according to the keennessof our own ears. Irene Grosvenor , January, 1902. 10 CONTENTS PAGE A Pioneer * .... 17 A May Moving
. Nestlings of forest and marsh . an endlessstudy. So far as reading human characteristicsinto animal life is concerned, can any one tell where9 FOREWORD the brute ends and the human begins ? Manyof the emotions of mans heart find their counter-part in the life of birds. That we do not perceivethis proves only how dull is our sight. To him who in the love of Nature holdsCommunion with her visible forms, she speaksA various language. We hear and interpret according to the keennessof our own ears. Irene Grosvenor , January, 1902. 10 CONTENTS PAGE A Pioneer * .... 17 A May Moving 29 El Capitan .... 42 A Minstrel of the Marshes 52 A Martinet in Feathers 62 Jims Babies 77 Phcebes and their Cousins 90 The House Beautiful 99 A Foster Baby in Marsh Cradles 121 A Marsh Mystery 134 Sandpipers, Quail, and Kildeer 144 The Bird of Many Names 158 The House that Fell 170 Dr. Jekyll 180 Carpenters, Masons, and Miners 191 Monsieur Mischief 207 A Brown Thrasher 224 Cceur de Lion 238 A Wood Thrush 243 Yellow Warbler 250. ILLUSTRATIONS Page Three-weeks-old blackbirds Title-page Young catbirds Headpiece Baby long-billed marsh wrens and nest . . FrontispiecePrairie horned larks nest at foot of a corn-stalk (Plate I.) 17 Meadow larks nest and eggs, with sheltering grasses removed 21 Bluebirds nest in hollow tree 30 Bluebirds nest in cavity of a fence-post .... 33 Baby bluebirds, twelve days old 35 Are you satisfied with this pose, Mr. Photographer? 37 We are so hungry 40 Red-winged blackbirds about two weeks old (Plate II.) 42 Red-wings nest in rushes 45 Young red-wing blackbirds in nest 48 13 ILLUSTRATIONS PageYellow-headed blackbirds two weeks old in nest (Plate III.) 52 Home of yellow-headed blackbird S3 Young clinging to edge of nest 56 Baby robins, eighteen days old 64 Robin, six weeks old 68 Taking a sun-bath 7z Crows nest in crotch of a tree (Plate IV.) .... 77 Olive-green eggs, spotted with black 79 Phoebes nest and young 91 Baby pewee fast asleep 93 Dainty nest of
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