Western field . sembled the hood of a religiousorder of that name. Their most assertivemarking is the bit of orange and vermilion wax that tips their primaries. Otherwisethey are clothed in soft, silken gray befittingtheir gentle breeding. And what a silentlot! A whole flock will sit sociably in a tallwillow and never utter a sound until theytake flight, then they comment upon yourpresence in soft, sybilant whispers whichseems more of an inhaled than an exhaledsound. These pretty creatures are fitting il-lustrations of an old-world gentility andapathy. The characteristic American hurry-up fuss
Western field . sembled the hood of a religiousorder of that name. Their most assertivemarking is the bit of orange and vermilion wax that tips their primaries. Otherwisethey are clothed in soft, silken gray befittingtheir gentle breeding. And what a silentlot! A whole flock will sit sociably in a tallwillow and never utter a sound until theytake flight, then they comment upon yourpresence in soft, sybilant whispers whichseems more of an inhaled than an exhaledsound. These pretty creatures are fitting il-lustrations of an old-world gentility andapathy. The characteristic American hurry-up fussiness is quite foreign to their ideasof a genteel existence. Even their nestingseason is postponed until July when thehurly-burly of plebian courtship and marriageis almost at an end. Though a bit dilatory,they do not shirk their parental responsibili-ties and their nests are marvels of carefulconstruction. An unique specimen which 1once secured after the fledglings had de-parted, was a neatly formed basket made. ENGAGING, CHATTY AND CHEERFUL(TUFTED TITMICE). from the wool of a black sheep carefullyinterwoven with fine grasses. This materialis seldom found in any quantities, and 1have often wondered if the demure architectsdid not follow the one sheep about andsnatch the wool from his unwilling back! Itseems incredible that it could have been secured legitimately. One would fancy thatthe baby birds, deep down in this woolpocket, would certainly have smothered withthe thermometer way up in the nineties, butas there was no indication of such a tragedy,doubtless the small fledglings were none toowarm and I am quite willing to admit thatprobably the mother bird best knew theneeds of her small family. Out of all keeping with their generalcharacteristics, these birds have an abnormalappetite. Messrs. Langille and Jones, twoauthorities not to be despised, assert thatoccasionally they die of sheer gluttony. Butwhat berry-loving fellows they are! Juniper,mistletoe, mulberry, mountain-as
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