. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 521. Mockingbird. chief difference being that he is much larger and the orange of the body is more of a yellow. Pew birds have a natural song at once so sweet and powerful, and none has a nicer ear or a more retentive mem- ory. The Brazilian cardinal is one of the beautiful whistling birds of the tropics. The back is dark gray; the quill- feathers of the wings are a darker shade of the same color, and the tail is nearly black ; the head, crest, cheeks and throat are bright red, of an orange hue, deep- est on the chest, where
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 521. Mockingbird. chief difference being that he is much larger and the orange of the body is more of a yellow. Pew birds have a natural song at once so sweet and powerful, and none has a nicer ear or a more retentive mem- ory. The Brazilian cardinal is one of the beautiful whistling birds of the tropics. The back is dark gray; the quill- feathers of the wings are a darker shade of the same color, and the tail is nearly black ; the head, crest, cheeks and throat are bright red, of an orange hue, deep- est on the chest, where it ends in a point; the lower part of the body is grayish white, and the feet and legs are black ; the strong beak is dusky gray; the crest is pointed like that of the Vir- ginia nightingale and is raised and depressed at pleasure. The brilliant scarlet head forms a beau- tiful contrast to the snowy-white of the body. The Java sparrow takes its name from the Java islands, where it abounds. Its chief recommenda- tion is the great neatness of the plumage, the glossy black head, clear white cheeks and delicate rose-colored bill. The body is an ashen gray, the plumage being so neat and smooth that the feath- ers all seem to fit into one another. It can be taught a variety of tricks, perhaps more than any other caged bird. The American mockingbird. (Fig. 521.)—This songster unites in himself all the excellences to a greater extent than any other living bird. The songs of other birds, the rattling and creaking of gates and swinging sign-boards, the cries of puppies and the katydid, and all other familiar sounds are pos- sible with the mockingbird. It is a general favorite. The Virginia nightingale (Fig. 522), or Virginia redbird, sometimes called the cardinal, is a native of the southern states, and is one of the handsomest birds of the New World. The color is a brilliant red, 'with the excep- tion of the part around the beak, which is black ; the wings are darker than the body co
Size: 1887px × 1325px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbaileylh, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1922
