. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. iWrf.«»l««l«iW-i»a**»«i-»«'«'***'' hUFFKh (1 HOUSE 88 necks ,n th., Th. and lifo of the birds hoin- g„„,>, stH-n, without torest. I{„t walk Ihionoh a J^irtriclue woods uud tho presence of the living birds in the shadowy forest lends it charm and new delight. You are startled by SI loud whirr, and a covey of birds, before invisible, rises from almost un- der your feet, whirlln<r away through the bushes so fast your eye can scarcely follow their H'^ht As they disappear you b
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. iWrf.«»l««l«iW-i»a**»«i-»«'«'***'' hUFFKh (1 HOUSE 88 necks ,n th., Th. and lifo of the birds hoin- g„„,>, stH-n, without torest. I{„t walk Ihionoh a J^irtriclue woods uud tho presence of the living birds in the shadowy forest lends it charm and new delight. You are startled by SI loud whirr, and a covey of birds, before invisible, rises from almost un- der your feet, whirlln<r away through the bushes so fast your eye can scarcely follow their H'^ht As they disappear you berate your dull- ness, for they look so large it seems inexcusable t Kit you have not discovered them. They are almost the size of the domestic fowls, to which they are related ; but though they walk about on the ground like hens, their soft wood-colors tone Jn with the colors of the sunlit brown leaves, and neutralize the light so perfectly that it is a diffi- cult matter to see them. They are protectively colored, we have been accustomed to say, meanin" that they approach the colors of their surround". Fi(i. i;3. Huffed (»i( 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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