. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. THRUSHES 241 to me to know that this solitary, single-note singer was like a Shakespeare in the bird world, for she used such a large vocabulary. When John Burroughs was a member of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in iSiji), he met this bird for the first time. His thoughts are recorded in some verses which were written at the time ; O \"aiMC(i Thrush! O Robin ,'e! Behold my mute surprise. Thy form and flight I long have known, But not this new disguise. The Varied Thrush is driven down from the high moimtains by the snows of winter. \
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. THRUSHES 241 to me to know that this solitary, single-note singer was like a Shakespeare in the bird world, for she used such a large vocabulary. When John Burroughs was a member of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in iSiji), he met this bird for the first time. His thoughts are recorded in some verses which were written at the time ; O \"aiMC(i Thrush! O Robin ,'e! Behold my mute surprise. Thy form and flight I long have known, But not this new disguise. The Varied Thrush is driven down from the high moimtains by the snows of winter. \\ hen he first comes into the valleys, the later fruits are still hanging on vine and tree. He seems to be ravenously hungry for the sweet-tasting fruit that has been planted by man. His taste some- times turns to grapes and apples to such an extent that some farmers think him a nuisance. H one wishes to have Varied Thrushes about his home during the winter, all he has to do is to leave some apples hanging on one of the old trees of the orchard. After the leaves have fallen, the Thrushes will stay as long as the a[)ples last. They seem to live almost entirely on this fruit, especially when the snow is on the .i^r'Hind. William L. Finlev. BLUEBIRD Sialia sialis sialis ( Liinuriis) A. O. U. Number 700 See Color Plate 106 Other Names.—Eastern Bluebird; Wilson's Blue- bird; Blue Robin; Common Bluebird; Blue Redbreast; American Bluebird. General Description.— Length. 7 inches. Upper parts, bright blue; under parts, cinnamon-chestnut and white. Bill, small and slender; wings, long and pointed ; tail, legs, short. Color.— Adult : blue, the shafts of wing- and tail-feathers black; and tips of wing-feathers (especially primaries) dusky; sides of head including cheeks {sotnetimes including shorter than wing, distinctly notched; Upper parts, uniform bright. BLUEBIRD (S ) rble, beautiful blue coat, warm waistcoat, and gentle manners make him the most welcome herald of sp
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