. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Photo by A. A. Allen FEMALE BOBOLINK Photo by H. T. Middleton REED BIRD The Bobolink in fall plumage it should be added that, having proceeded thus far, and in a rapid but comparatively restrained manner, Robert is likely to become suddenly a sort of hysterical music-box, and to produce a burst of sound pyrotechnics which make one fear that the next second he is going to explode out- right and vanish in a cloud of feathers. This seems all the more probable when the hysteria occurs, as it often does, while he is on the wing. There seems to be no reco
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. Photo by A. A. Allen FEMALE BOBOLINK Photo by H. T. Middleton REED BIRD The Bobolink in fall plumage it should be added that, having proceeded thus far, and in a rapid but comparatively restrained manner, Robert is likely to become suddenly a sort of hysterical music-box, and to produce a burst of sound pyrotechnics which make one fear that the next second he is going to explode out- right and vanish in a cloud of feathers. This seems all the more probable when the hysteria occurs, as it often does, while he is on the wing. There seems to be no record that Robert has ever actually blown up, but as far as many peo- ple are concerned he literally disappears from the earth very soon after his family responsi- bilities are discharged; for the fall molt com- pletely transforms his appearance. The sharply outlined black, white, and buff uniform then gives way to a dull mottling of the same colors, which approaches the normal plumage of his striped and denuire wife. Then he becomes the Reed-bird, and as such has to run the gauntlet of gunners who lie in wait for him on his southern migra- tion, in order that banqueters may have their " reed-birds on ; George Gladden. When Robert on his southward migration reaches Jamaica, B. \Y. I., he assumes another alias — and a very appropriate one — Butter- bird. Fresh from the rice-fields of the southern. 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 Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943. New York, The University Society
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