. The geography of Texas, physical and political. that, overlooking their periods of absence,we come to regard them as characteristic of the state. In the following list are included most of the commonspecies, but in one or two instances forms are mentionedwhich have been nearly exterminated by the murderousassaults of the plume hunters. 1. The Mocking Bird: the Texas song bird; widely distributed. Hesings all day, and often — if we would believe his audiences —he sings down the chimney all night, and when camped inmockerland in the full of the moon you can almost credit thecontention (Florenc
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. that, overlooking their periods of absence,we come to regard them as characteristic of the state. In the following list are included most of the commonspecies, but in one or two instances forms are mentionedwhich have been nearly exterminated by the murderousassaults of the plume hunters. 1. The Mocking Bird: the Texas song bird; widely distributed. Hesings all day, and often — if we would believe his audiences —he sings down the chimney all night, and when camped inmockerland in the full of the moon you can almost credit thecontention (Florence Merriam Bailey).^ 1 Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, p. 430. Boston andNew York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1902. 68 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS The Cardinal or Redhird: a bird of striking appearance and bril-liant vocal powers, resident and abundant from the ]MiddleStates southward; inhabitsthickets, tangle, and under-growth of all kinds, whenceissue its rich rolling whis-tling notes, while the per-former, brightly clad as he. Fi<;. 42. Mocking Bird
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