. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. M-m-- THE BIRD OF MANY NAMES. IN our world we are apt to express an opinion of persons who in different places pass under differ- ent names. To appear in full wedding suit of three striking colors in New England in May and June, then to don a snuffy brown traveling suit ;j under the names of Reed and Rice in different localities of the south, and in Cuba to assume a foreign name, while at least two other names are held in good faith by peo- ple somewhere else, would need explana- tion. But we know little of the use
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. M-m-- THE BIRD OF MANY NAMES. IN our world we are apt to express an opinion of persons who in different places pass under differ- ent names. To appear in full wedding suit of three striking colors in New England in May and June, then to don a snuffy brown traveling suit ;j under the names of Reed and Rice in different localities of the south, and in Cuba to assume a foreign name, while at least two other names are held in good faith by peo- ple somewhere else, would need explana- tion. But we know little of the use of names in Bird World. A few birds tell us plainly what they like to be called: Whip-poor-will, Bob White, Chickadee; for the most part we have put our own, often very stupid, names upon Fig. 2^. — 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn
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