. Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts . ar is bent over to form a pro-tecting arch above the nest. Four or five white eggs, a littlelarger than those of the Robin, specked with lilac or brown, areplaced in this cosy home. Occasionally two broods are raisedin a summer. The parents are very tender of their childrenand continue to feed them for many jveeks after they areable to fly. Eggs, x .80 inches. The Meadowlark may be called a bird of the fields, for itlives mainly upon the ground where it hujits for worms, beetlesand the larvae of various inse
. Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts . ar is bent over to form a pro-tecting arch above the nest. Four or five white eggs, a littlelarger than those of the Robin, specked with lilac or brown, areplaced in this cosy home. Occasionally two broods are raisedin a summer. The parents are very tender of their childrenand continue to feed them for many jveeks after they areable to fly. Eggs, x .80 inches. The Meadowlark may be called a bird of the fields, for itlives mainly upon the ground where it hujits for worms, beetlesand the larvae of various insects of which it destroys largenumbers. Because of its shyness, it is difficult to get close to itunless it is hidden in the high grass, when one may approachwithin a few feet of it. The clear, sweet warble of this bird,which sounds like wee-tsee-tsee-ree-re, will often betray itspresence when it cannot be seen. Its peculiar flight, consistingof a few strokes of the wings, followed by a short sailing move-ment before it alights again, helps to distinguish it from otherbirds. 80. The family is apt to keep together until the time for migra-tion arrives, when old and young go southward together. Inthe Southern States they become very tame in winter, runningabout the lawns and gardens like the Robins in the a few of these birds remain here through the winter,most of them migrate. BIRD NOTES 81 COWBIRD, OR COW BLACKBIRD Male—Glossy black everywhere except head and neckwhich are dark brown. Female—Brownish-gray. Length,seven and one-half inches. The Cowbird never builds a nest butlays its eggs in the nests of other birds. Eggs, white, >speckedwith brown, .85 x .65 inches. The numtier of eggs is notdefinitely known as they are left in several different nests. The Cowbird comes to the Northern and Middle Statesfrom the Southern States and Mexico about the first of many other birds, it migrates by night to avoid itsenemies. This bird has no friends among
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