Natural history of animals; . Flycatchers, Blue-birds, Sparrows, and the Golden-crowned Thrush. Theegg is grayish blue marked with brown dots and shortstreaks. And it is a curious fact that this egg hatchesbefore the eggs of the bird in whose nest it is laid. Assoon as the young Cowbird is hatched, the fosterparents leave their own eggs to get food for it, andhence the young in their eggs die, and the eggs aresoon thrown from the nest. Then the young Cowbirdreceives the whole attention of those that have beencompelled to adopt it, and they feed it till long afterit can fly, and until it is lar
Natural history of animals; . Flycatchers, Blue-birds, Sparrows, and the Golden-crowned Thrush. Theegg is grayish blue marked with brown dots and shortstreaks. And it is a curious fact that this egg hatchesbefore the eggs of the bird in whose nest it is laid. Assoon as the young Cowbird is hatched, the fosterparents leave their own eggs to get food for it, andhence the young in their eggs die, and the eggs aresoon thrown from the nest. Then the young Cowbirdreceives the whole attention of those that have beencompelled to adopt it, and they feed it till long afterit can fly, and until it is larger than the foster parentsthemselves. The head and neck of the Cowbird is ofa chocolate color, the rest of the body lustrous black;the female is light brown. The Red-winged Blackbird is nearly as large as theRobin, shining black, with the shoulder and a part of thecrimson. The female is of a dusky color. It is commonabout pondsand marshes,and builds itsnest in lowbushes or tuftsof sedges. The MeadowLark is rather wing bright. Fig. 140. — Meadow ; the upper parts brown and brownish white, the larger than the PERCHERS. 99 under parts yellow, with a black crescent upon thebreast. The nest is built at the foot of a tuft of grass,and is covered over, except the entrance. The Baltimore Oriole, or Golden Robin, is as largeas a Sparrow, the color black and orange-red, and isone of the most beautiful Birds in the United song is loud, full, and mellow. Its hanging nest,often made from the silkweed, is woven to the outer-drooping twigs of trees. Crows, Ravens, Jays, and Magpies. These are rather large Birds. The Raven is thelargest. It is but seldom seen east of the Crow is well known, and farmers re-gard it as their enemy, because it pulls upthe young corn ; but it does much moregood than harm, by destroying a greatnumber of grubs, which would injure thecrops. The Blue Jay is a bird of won-derful beauty, but its notes are harsh,it eats the eggs of
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