. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 182 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. They are winning, friendly little things, and make pretty nests of fine roots, birch bark, and flower cotton, or some such dainty material. Ac- cording to individual taste, they build in apple- tree crotches, low roadside bushes, or in saplings. in open woods. In " Paradise " one once built in a loop of grape-vine by the river, and when her gray nest was nearly finished she had a pretty way of sitting inside and leaning over the edge to smooth the outside with her bill and neck, as if she were moulding it. The r
. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 182 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. They are winning, friendly little things, and make pretty nests of fine roots, birch bark, and flower cotton, or some such dainty material. Ac- cording to individual taste, they build in apple- tree crotches, low roadside bushes, or in saplings. in open woods. In " Paradise " one once built in a loop of grape-vine by the river, and when her gray nest was nearly finished she had a pretty way of sitting inside and leaning over the edge to smooth the outside with her bill and neck, as if she were moulding it. The redstarts take good care to select bark the color of the tree, and in that way defy any but the keenest scrutiny. A little housewife will sometimes fly to her nest with strips of bark four inches long streaming from her bill. The redstart's song is a fine, hurried warbler. 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, 1863-1948. New York, Cleveland [etc. ] The Chautauqua press
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