. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 70 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. to make a hole in a tree for the nest. The female lays from four to six beautiful white eggs for each brood, and two broods are reared in a season. PERCHERS, OR INSESSORES. These make up a large part of the most common birds, as Humming-Birds, Nighthawks, Kingfishers, Ply- catchers, Thrushes, Warblers, Creepers, Titmice, Spar- rows, Grosbeaks, Larks, Blackbirds, Jays, Crows, &c. HUMMING-BIEDS. These are bir
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 70 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. to make a hole in a tree for the nest. The female lays from four to six beautiful white eggs for each brood, and two broods are reared in a season. PERCHERS, OR INSESSORES. These make up a large part of the most common birds, as Humming-Birds, Nighthawks, Kingfishers, Ply- catchers, Thrushes, Warblers, Creepers, Titmice, Spar- rows, Grosbeaks, Larks, Blackbirds, Jays, Crows, &c. HUMMING-BIEDS. These are birds of the smallest size and of the most gorgeous plumage to be found in the feathered race. The beauty of their colors defies description; and from their brilliancy they are often called "flying ;. Figs. 114 and 115. — Ruby-throated Hnmming-Bird and Nest. There are about four hundred kinds, and they all be- long to the continent and islands of America, and are most numerous in the warm regions. Their feet are very small, their wings long, and their power of flight very great; and they can balance themselves in the air, or beside a flower, with perfect ease. Their food consists of insects and the honey of flowers. Their nests are usually made of cotton, thistle-down, delicate fibres, and other soft materials, woven into a cup-shaped cradle, and placed on a branch of a tree not many feet from the ground; and the outside is covered with lich-. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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