. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 172 CITIZEN BIRD ward at tlie same time that makes liim a veiy confus- ing bird to watch. In flitting among the branches, or darting into the air for gnats, his colors make him look like a tiny ; " Oh, uncle I Uncle Roy I " cried Dodo, who had been looking along the path, '' there are two of the dearest little birds down there, and one of them is red and black as 3'ou say the Redstart is, the other is shaped but has brown and .'s, and they move the wind was blow- Before Dodo stopped speaking the


. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 172 CITIZEN BIRD ward at tlie same time that makes liim a veiy confus- ing bird to watch. In flitting among the branches, or darting into the air for gnats, his colors make him look like a tiny ; " Oh, uncle I Uncle Roy I " cried Dodo, who had been looking along the path, '' there are two of the dearest little birds down there, and one of them is red and black as 3'ou say the Redstart is, the other is shaped but has brown and .'s, and they move the wind was blow- Before Dodo stopped speaking the whole party were looking where she pointed, Olive using the field-glass. " Tliose are a pair of Redstarts," she said, " and they are picking up ants. I saw a number of little anthills there ; " A pair ? " queried Nat. " They aren't the same color — one has yellow spots where the other is ; " I guess the one with the brown and yellow feathers must be the female," said Rap ; " you know^ the Doctor told us, way back, that when the male bird wore very. 1. Male. 2. Female American 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company


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