. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . n and out, and down the middle and wheel about,With a Phew, shew, Wadolincon ; listen to me Bobolincon ! After midsummer the cares of the family have so worn uponthe jollity of our dashing, rollicking friend that his song is seldomheard. The colors of his coat fade into a dull yellowish brownlike that of his faithful mate, who has borne the greater burdenof the season, for he has two complete moults each year. The bobolinks build their nest on the
. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . n and out, and down the middle and wheel about,With a Phew, shew, Wadolincon ; listen to me Bobolincon ! After midsummer the cares of the family have so worn uponthe jollity of our dashing, rollicking friend that his song is seldomheard. The colors of his coat fade into a dull yellowish brownlike that of his faithful mate, who has borne the greater burdenof the season, for he has two complete moults each year. The bobolinks build their nest on the ground in high eggs are of a bluish white. Their food is largely insectivo-rous : grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, spiders, with seeds of grassespecially for variety. In August they begin their journey southward, flying mainlyby night. Arriving in the Southern States, they become the sad-colored, low-voiced rice or reed bird, feeding on the rice fields,where they descend to the ignominious fate of being dressed forthe plate of the epicure. Could there be a more tragic ending to the glorious note ofthe gay songster of the north ? 62. Conspicuously Black and White Blackpoli Warbler (Dendroica striata) Wood Warbler family Length— to 6 inches. About an inch smaller than the Englishsparrow. Male—Black cap; cheeks and beneath grayish white, forming asort of collar, more or less distinct. Upper parts stripedgray, black, and olive. Breast and under parts white, withblack streaks. Tail olive-brown, with yellow-white spots. Female—Without cap. Greenish-olive above, faintly streakedwith black. Paler than male. Bands on wings, yellowish. Range—North America, to Greenland and Alaska. In winter, tonorthern part of South America. Migrations—Last of May. Late October. A faint screep, screep, like the noise made by strikingtwo pebbles together, Audubon says, is often the only indicationof the blackpolls presence; but surely that tireless bird-studenthad heard its more ch
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