. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 350 USEFUL breast unstreaked ; and it sings all summer long about the bushy margins of grassy swamps and marshes and in the reeds or bush clumps of river meadows. Its song slightly resembles that of the Chipping Sparrow, but is more varied and pretentious. Its sharp chinh and busy chirping as it fusses about its lowly nest greet the ears of the canoeist
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 350 USEFUL breast unstreaked ; and it sings all summer long about the bushy margins of grassy swamps and marshes and in the reeds or bush clumps of river meadows. Its song slightly resembles that of the Chipping Sparrow, but is more varied and pretentious. Its sharp chinh and busy chirping as it fusses about its lowly nest greet the ears of the canoeist as he floats down the placid stream. Another bird whose song is commonly heard along the shores of marshy rivers is the Long- billed Marsh Wren ( Telmatodytes Fig. Jpalustris). It is found-com- two-thirdsnatural size. ^^^^^ ^^^^ streams along the coast, and up the river valleys of eastern Massachusetts, but is not so common in the central or western counties except along the Connecticut River. It sings among the reeds, cat- tails, and marsh grasses, a voluble, joyous, typical Wren song, which is kept up all day and may often be heard at night. It is an unmistakable Wren, with cocked tail and rapid, nervous motions. The Short-billed Marsh Wren ( Oistothorus stellaris) is one of the smallest of birds. It is not as common as the other species, and frequents sedgy meadows and wet lands along brooks. Its song more nearly resembles that of a Sparrow than that of the typical Wren. Marsh Wrens build the little globular nests, each with an opening in the side, that are found among the cat-tails or the meadow grass. RAILS. Rails are confined to the shores of ponds and rivers or to marshes and wet meadows, where they skulk amid the rushes, cattails, grasses, and water plants, and are more often heard than seen. The old saying, "As thin as a rail," might have originally been applied to these birds, for their bodies are so thin that they readily slip betwee
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