. Aunt May's bird talks . awork of wisdom, for, as the mother bird spendsso much time near the nest, it attracts lessattention for her to wear a dark and soberhued dress. In this way she is passed un-noticed, while her bright feathered matereceives much admiration. She feels nojealousy, for she is a devoted little mother,and knows that when she is unnoticed herbabies — always nestling under her wing —are safe. The wisdom of this color scheme is verynoticeable in the cases of the quail, partridgeand snipe, which nest on the ground and are 22 AUNT MAYS BIRD TALKS. much sought by hunters ; they a
. Aunt May's bird talks . awork of wisdom, for, as the mother bird spendsso much time near the nest, it attracts lessattention for her to wear a dark and soberhued dress. In this way she is passed un-noticed, while her bright feathered matereceives much admiration. She feels nojealousy, for she is a devoted little mother,and knows that when she is unnoticed herbabies — always nestling under her wing —are safe. The wisdom of this color scheme is verynoticeable in the cases of the quail, partridgeand snipe, which nest on the ground and are 22 AUNT MAYS BIRD TALKS. much sought by hunters ; they are so like thecolor of earth that one has to be very nearthem to distinguish the bird from the leavesand brown earth. Now, I am afraid my little birdies aretired, so we will spend the rest of our holidayin play, for we have earned a game or two bypaying such good attention to our first birdlesson/ So, with a merry game of hide and seekamong the lovely forest trees, Aunt Maysfirst Saturday in the woods ended. ^ ^yv/ v.
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