. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE BACH MAX SPARROW. the young- birds was easily caught and its picture taken both in the hand and in the nest, as shown in the accompanying illustrations. A few days later Ralph and Will Bumgardner took a set of four eggs from the ground in the same meadow. The eggs were pure white and could hardly have be- longed to any other than this species. The song of the Bachman Sparrow is a thing of surpassing beauty. In delivering it the bird chooses a prominent station a
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE BACH MAX SPARROW. the young- birds was easily caught and its picture taken both in the hand and in the nest, as shown in the accompanying illustrations. A few days later Ralph and Will Bumgardner took a set of four eggs from the ground in the same meadow. The eggs were pure white and could hardly have be- longed to any other than this species. The song of the Bachman Sparrow is a thing of surpassing beauty. In delivering it the bird chooses a prominent station at the top of weed-stalk, fence-post, or sapling, or stands well out on a bare limb of a tree. Here he throws his head back and draws, as it appears, a full breath, in a note of ravishing sweetness; then sends it forth again in a tinkling trill of uniform or varied notes. Nothing can excel the fine poetic rapture of the inspirated note. It sets the veins a-tingle and makes one wish to put hia ^ shoes from off his feet. The characteristic opening note is given with constantly van tag pitch and intensity Sometimes it sounds like dream voice floating gentl from the summer land o youth, and again it vibrates with startling distinctness like a present call to duty. ( )ccasionally a dainty trill is substituted for this inspired and inspiring opening, while the remainder of the song may consist of a half dozen notes precisely alike, or of a succession of groups three or four in number. There is a soulful quality, an etherea purity, and a caressing sweet- ness about the whole per- formance which makes one sure the door is opened into the third heaven of bird music. mm. A XKSI si I I'. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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