. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 294 PERCHERS AND SINGERS quarrelsome, low-minded and utterly uninteresting little wretch, a gutter-rat among birds. Unless coerced with a shotgun, he steals the nesting-boxes of all other small birds, driving before him the Martins, bluebirds and many others who used to love our company. In the North the Purple. PUKPLE MARTIN Martin does not seem to thrive away from the haunts of man, and from many localities it has totally disappeared. The disappearance of this bird from t
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 294 PERCHERS AND SINGERS quarrelsome, low-minded and utterly uninteresting little wretch, a gutter-rat among birds. Unless coerced with a shotgun, he steals the nesting-boxes of all other small birds, driving before him the Martins, bluebirds and many others who used to love our company. In the North the Purple. PUKPLE MARTIN Martin does not seem to thrive away from the haunts of man, and from many localities it has totally disappeared. The disappearance of this bird from the North is no doubt partly due to the domineering English sparrow, but what probably is the chief cause of its local extermination has al- ready been pointed out—its slaughter for sport and as "; In many portions of the North efforts are being made to in- duce this charming farm bird to return in something like its former 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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