. Bird life stories, comp. from the writings of Audubon, Bendire, Nuttall, and Wilson . r Quail The Spotted Sandpiper or Peet-weetThe Great Blue Heron 7 Alexander Wilson John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson Thomas Nuttall Thomas Nuttall John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilsmi Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson John James Audubon John James Audubon Charles Bendire Thom,as Nuttall Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson Charles Bendire Charles Be?idire John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall John James Audubon P4GE 589 12 i619 222d2931 3338434548SO5558616468717376 Thomas Nuttall 80John J
. Bird life stories, comp. from the writings of Audubon, Bendire, Nuttall, and Wilson . r Quail The Spotted Sandpiper or Peet-weetThe Great Blue Heron 7 Alexander Wilson John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson Thomas Nuttall Thomas Nuttall John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilsmi Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson John James Audubon John James Audubon Charles Bendire Thom,as Nuttall Thomas Nuttall Alexander Wilson Charles Bendire Charles Be?idire John James Audubon Thomas Nuttall John James Audubon P4GE 589 12 i619 222d2931 3338434548SO5558616468717376 Thomas Nuttall 80John James Audubon 83 THE ILLUSTRATIONS Page Bluebird ^^^«^ 9 Robin 12 Chickadee .... l6 House-wren .... 19 Catbird 22 Maryland Yellow-throat . 26 White-eyed Vireo 29 Oven-bird .... 31 Barn-swallow 33 Cardinal 38 Chewink or Towhee Bunting 43 Chipping Sparrow 45 48 Baltimore Oriole 50 Pewee or Phcebe 55 Chimney Swift 58 Downy Woodpecker . 61 Hairy Woodpecker ■ 64 68 Screech-owl or Mottled Owl 71 Mourning-dove 73 Bob-white or Quail 76 Spotted Sandpiper or Peet-weet 80 Great Blue Heron 83. BLUEBIRDSialia sialis BIRD LIFE STORIES THE BLUEBIRD ALEXANDER WILSON THE pleasing manners and the sociable disposition of thislittle bird entitle him to particular notice. As one ofthe first messengers of spring, bringing the charming tidingsto our very doors, he bears his own recommendation alwaysalong with him, and meets with a hearty welcome fromeverybody. Though generally accounted a bird of passage, yet inPennsylvania so early as the middle of February, if theweather be open, he usually makes his appearance about hisown haunts,—the barn, orchard and fenceposts. Storms anddeep snows sometimes succeeding, he disappears for a time,but about the middle of March is again seen accompanied byhis mate, visiting the box in the garden or the hole in the oldapple-tree, the cradle of some generations of his ancestors. The preliminaries being settled and the spot fixed upon,the Bluebirds begin to clean
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