Bulletin - United States National Museum . A. such as the Cardinal loves. Much of its time is spent upon the groundscratching among fallen leaves. Its local name hereabouts is MarshRobin, the other being seldom, if ever, heard. [301] Family ICTEBIDiE : Blackbirds, &c. 107. (140.) Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Sw. Bobolink (in the spring); Eeed-bird (in the fall). A spring and autumn migrant, abundant. In the former season, thehocks on their way northward throw themselves into the fields andmeadows, making their mad music and attracting general attentionby their turbulency from the 1st to the 1
Bulletin - United States National Museum . A. such as the Cardinal loves. Much of its time is spent upon the groundscratching among fallen leaves. Its local name hereabouts is MarshRobin, the other being seldom, if ever, heard. [301] Family ICTEBIDiE : Blackbirds, &c. 107. (140.) Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Sw. Bobolink (in the spring); Eeed-bird (in the fall). A spring and autumn migrant, abundant. In the former season, thehocks on their way northward throw themselves into the fields andmeadows, making their mad music and attracting general attentionby their turbulency from the 1st to the 15th of May. They could alwaysbe depended upon, early in May, in the fields along Fourteenth streetbeyond UST; and, though these are now built up, College Hill still re-ceives the guests at the same season as formerly. In the spring of 1882,estopped like the rest of the migrants from passing northward, they banked up in the city parks, particularly the grounds about theWhite House; and very likely some of the cranks and quidnuncs which. Fig. 48.—Bobolink. abound at the National Capital drew political augury from the unwontedbabel of song. At this season the tawny females are inconspicuous, butthe black-and-buff males have for the most part nearly finished theirvernal tailoring, which they accomplish by dyeing their old suits with-out losing a feather. The familiar clink of the Reed-bird begins tobe heard over the tracts of wild oats along the river banks about the20th of August, and from that time until October the restaurants are allsupplied with Reed-birds—luscious morsels when genuine; but a greatmany Blackbirds and English Sparrows are devoured by accomplishedgourmands, who nevertheless do not know the difference when the billof fare is printed correctly and the charges are sufficiently exorbitant. [3121 PASSERES—OSCINES—ICTERIU^. 71 108. (141.) Molothrus ater (Bodd.) Gray. (M. pccoris of the original edition.)Cow-bird. A summer resident; not very common. Arrives the
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