. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY 113 seashore. For this reason he makes his home all through the Northern States, from tlie Atlantic to the Pacific, following the mountains southward, and mak- ing long summer excursions to Labrador, Hudson Bay, and even Alaska. " What stories of wild beasts he might tell us if he Avould ! For he looks out of his nest of grass, moss, bark, and rootlets, to see moose browsino- among the young trees, and hears black bears growling. His bird companions are Snowbirds, Horned Larks, Crossbills,
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY 113 seashore. For this reason he makes his home all through the Northern States, from tlie Atlantic to the Pacific, following the mountains southward, and mak- ing long summer excursions to Labrador, Hudson Bay, and even Alaska. " What stories of wild beasts he might tell us if he Avould ! For he looks out of his nest of grass, moss, bark, and rootlets, to see moose browsino- among the young trees, and hears black bears growling. His bird companions are Snowbirds, Horned Larks, Crossbills, and Pine Gi'osbeaks; and he trembles lest the Great Gray Owl shall find his nest- lings. " But much as he loves cool weather for nest-building, he tires of it when the first frost touches the valleys, and snow caps the tops of his favorite mountains; for then his insect food grows scarce. So he changes his summer habits ; leaving the guild of Ground Gleaners, and becoming a Seed Sower, he follows the sun toward the tropics, where, likely enough, he tells the alligators I. Olive-backed 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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