. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . sic. Inthe freshness of the undried morning the ^bird niciunts a low limb and takes up a partin the grand anthem of nature, whose com-plementary voices may be lost to any ear lessfine than liis. The bird listens tn the retreating foot-steps of the morning stars,and sings, Far aicay—far incay: Zephyr stirs the unfolding lea\-es withhis boyish alto and our matchless tenor responds, Conic h> iiic—Here in glee—bide a , in cadences of surpassing sweetness. Althn the singers vo
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . sic. Inthe freshness of the undried morning the ^bird niciunts a low limb and takes up a partin the grand anthem of nature, whose com-plementary voices may be lost to any ear lessfine than liis. The bird listens tn the retreating foot-steps of the morning stars,and sings, Far aicay—far incay: Zephyr stirs the unfolding lea\-es withhis boyish alto and our matchless tenor responds, Conic h> iiic—Here in glee—bide a , in cadences of surpassing sweetness. Althn the singers voiceis rich and strong, so that he may be heard at times for half a mile, there areat the same time grace notes and finer passages which only a near-bv listenercan catch. The notes, I am told by musical critics, are. nf all ])ird n ites, themost nearly reducible to ordinarv musical notation: jjut the peculiar limbre ofthe birds voice, the rich vibrant quality of the tones, is of course utterance at morning and evening is something more than a cle\ er musi-cal ]ierformance ; it is tirclc: III,-. Ilwto by theONE TYPE OF NEST. THE WOOD THRUSH. 213 The typical situation for a nesti^ upon an overarcliing sapling, asshown in the nearest secure a romantic site stabilityis sometimes sacrificed, and the nest,loosely saddled upon a narrowbranch, may be toppled over bv thewind or by a careless hand. At othertimes the nest is securely lodgedupon the forks of a horizontal limbor upright sapling, and may provevery durable. Upon a foundation of dryleaves are laid grass, fibres, andweed-stems; these are held in placeby a matrix of mud or rotton wood,and the nest lined with rootlets ordead leaves. The mud-workingmust be disagreeable business forsuch dainty birds. I once cameu])! in a mother mason at her bill and breast were all be-daubed with mud, and she cut sucha sorry figure that she fled precipi-tately upon my approach and wouldnot co
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