. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 78 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. upon thorns and other sharp points, as a butcher hangs up his meats upon sharp hooks in his stall. It builds a large nest of twigs, grass, and moss, in the forks of a tree. The Vireos are much smaller than the Shrike, and mostly olive-green above and light below. The Red-eyed Vi- reo has the iris of the eye red. Its loud, clear notes are heard in the tree-tops „ ,.,,,,. Fig. 127. —Warbling Vireo. from sprmg til
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 78 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. upon thorns and other sharp points, as a butcher hangs up his meats upon sharp hooks in his stall. It builds a large nest of twigs, grass, and moss, in the forks of a tree. The Vireos are much smaller than the Shrike, and mostly olive-green above and light below. The Red-eyed Vi- reo has the iris of the eye red. Its loud, clear notes are heard in the tree-tops „ ,.,,,,. Fig. 127. —Warbling Vireo. from sprmg till late in au tumn. The White-eyed and the Warbling Vireo are small species, and their notes are very pleasant. MOCKmG-BIRDS, &c. These birds are closely related to the Thrushes, and are very sweet singers. The Mocking-Bird, of the Southern States, is about the size of the robin, with a. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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