. Our friends the birds . Tail feathers, stiff and acute. Found in eastern United States and Canada. Breeds in June and July, after which they collect in large flocks and migrate. Their food in the early summer consists of insects the middle states they are called reed birds, in the Southrice birds and in the West Indies, where they winter, they arecalled butter-birds. They nest on the ground. Eggs, four to six, a slate gray,spotted and mottled with dark brown. They migrate at night. You see by Lauras table, said Miss Sweet, that our present lesson begins with the Bobolink. Ihave w
. Our friends the birds . Tail feathers, stiff and acute. Found in eastern United States and Canada. Breeds in June and July, after which they collect in large flocks and migrate. Their food in the early summer consists of insects the middle states they are called reed birds, in the Southrice birds and in the West Indies, where they winter, they arecalled butter-birds. They nest on the ground. Eggs, four to six, a slate gray,spotted and mottled with dark brown. They migrate at night. You see by Lauras table, said Miss Sweet, that our present lesson begins with the Bobolink. Ihave written down the names of birds that you see onthe blackboard, which I desire you to copy into yournote books. I cannot emphasize too frequently the useof the tables in your future study. I hope whenschool opens next fall that you will have taken manynotes, from observation, on the habits of birds, theirfood, and their homes, for which you will have ampleopportunity, even though you do not spend the vacationin the OUR FRIENDS, THE BIRDS. 113 Bobolink. Kingbird, Cowbird. Oriole. Catbird. Thrush. Humming Bird. Veery. Does the Bobolink really travel in the night ? quickly asked Querist. Yes, replied Miss Sweet. John Burroughssays he has awakened in the middle of the night andheard their faint notes .as they were passing over thecity of Washington on their return from the north. I used to he^ him often in Massachusetts, saidLaura, but I seldom hear him here. We childrenused to call him the jolly rover, because he neverseemed to be quiet, and his song had a rollicking sound,as though he,was full of fun. I have often heard himjust after sunrise, and, indeed, at all hours of the day,for he seems to like to sing when folks are around tohear him. He is a beautiful bird in spring and summer,said Artist. It seems strange that he shouldlose his pretty coat in autumn. I have seen him hover-ing over the nest where his mate was sitting, and singas though he could not express his joy.
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