. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. 102 STARLIGHT ANT SUNSHINE. creel an unmistakable fragment of one of these skins, tipped with its tiny pellucid glove. The winged seeds of plants are a staple article in the harvest for the nests. The great or- der of Composite? feathers the. ; - "% /:/ m \ Ct-1 â f A SNAKE-SKIN SPECIALIST. idles of thousands of our 5, enveloping their egg- Hires or fledglings in a bed as soft as swan's-down ; the plumy seeds of thistle, milk-weed, dandelion, and lettuce be- ing probably the most favored. Nuttall gives us a pretty picture of the home-
. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. 102 STARLIGHT ANT SUNSHINE. creel an unmistakable fragment of one of these skins, tipped with its tiny pellucid glove. The winged seeds of plants are a staple article in the harvest for the nests. The great or- der of Composite? feathers the. ; - "% /:/ m \ Ct-1 â f A SNAKE-SKIN SPECIALIST. idles of thousands of our 5, enveloping their egg- Hires or fledglings in a bed as soft as swan's-down ; the plumy seeds of thistle, milk-weed, dandelion, and lettuce be- ing probably the most favored. Nuttall gives us a pretty picture of the home-building whims of the yellow warblerâa prize for the cabinet truly! " The nest is extremely neat and durable; the exterior is formed of layers of silk-weed lint, glutinously though slightly at- tached to the supporting twig, mixed with some slender strips of hue bark and pine leaves, and thickly bedded with the down of. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York, Harper & brothers
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