. The birds about us. Birds. 40 The Birds About Us. know it, and as nothing else. If it ever happens elsewhere than on a tree-trunk, it must be by acci- dent. I found one once that had evidently been blown into the room through an open window dur- ing a storm. Its effort to creep over the wall was not a success, and when it finally sank to the floor, its claws took such hold upon the carpet that I could not dislodge it without injury. Any attempt to touch it was resented by vicious thrusts of its beak, which I found quite equal to piercing the skin. <; 7 I had in this in- ,/'} stance an opp
. The birds about us. Birds. 40 The Birds About Us. know it, and as nothing else. If it ever happens elsewhere than on a tree-trunk, it must be by acci- dent. I found one once that had evidently been blown into the room through an open window dur- ing a storm. Its effort to creep over the wall was not a success, and when it finally sank to the floor, its claws took such hold upon the carpet that I could not dislodge it without injury. Any attempt to touch it was resented by vicious thrusts of its beak, which I found quite equal to piercing the skin. <; 7 I had in this in- ,/'} stance an opportu- " '"" nity of ' hearing its voice, and all I could make of it was an impatient sibilant squeak, a tsit, not unlike the hiss of a captured bat. I have never heard any other sound or attempt at singing. This bird is not un- known to the Middle States in summer, and I believe occasionally nests with us. Many years ago I found one of these birds busy about an old apple-tree, and carrying fluffy material into an irregular cavity caused by the loosening of a sheet of the bark. There are thirteen wrens and varieties or geograph-. Brown 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 Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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