. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Chickadee. Golden-crowned Eider-duck. Probably not, but simply availed himself ofthe general belief that certain birds or fowlsline their nests with their own feathers. Thisis notably true of the eider-duck, and in ameasure of our domestic fowls, but so far asI know is not true of any of our small barn swallow and house wren feathertheir nests at the expense of the hens andgeese. The winter wren picks up the feathersof the ruffed grouse. The chickadee, Emer-sons favorite bird, uses a few feathers in itsupholstering, but not its ow
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Chickadee. Golden-crowned Eider-duck. Probably not, but simply availed himself ofthe general belief that certain birds or fowlsline their nests with their own feathers. Thisis notably true of the eider-duck, and in ameasure of our domestic fowls, but so far asI know is not true of any of our small barn swallow and house wren feathertheir nests at the expense of the hens andgeese. The winter wren picks up the feathersof the ruffed grouse. The chickadee, Emer-sons favorite bird, uses a few feathers in itsupholstering, but not its own. In England, Inoticed that the little willow warbler makesa free use of feathers from the of our birds use hair in their nests, andthe kingbird and cedar-bird like wool. I havefound a single feather of the birds own in thenest of the phcebe. Such a circumstance wouldperhaps justify the poet. About the first of June there is a nest in thewoods upon the ground with four creamywhite eggs in it spotted with brown or lilac,chiefly about the larger ends, that a
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