Identifier: birdsnature9101unse (
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Birds and natureYear:
1900 (
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Birds Natural historyPublisher:
Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, PublisherContributing Library:
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDigitizing Sponsor:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:uniper and wil-low are more extensively utilized; thesewith horsehair and the down of plants,wool and fine moss furnish the inner lin-ing of the nests. According to my obser-vations, the birch, alder, cottonwood, eu-calyptus, willow, sycamore, oak, pine andjuniper furnish the favorite nesting sites ;and in Southern Arizona and WesternTexas it builds frequently in bunches ofmistletoe growing on cottonwood andmesquite trees. The nests are usually placed in low sit-uation, from six to fifteen feet from theground, but occasionally one is foundfully fifty feet up. A very handsome nest,now before me, is placed among six twigsof mistletoe, several of these being incor-porated in the sides of the nest, which iswoven entirely of horsehair and whitecotton thread, making a very pretty com-bination. The bottom of the nest is linedwith wool. The sexes are extremely devoted toeach other and valiantly defend their eggsand young. I once saw a pair vigorouslyattack a Richardsons squirrel, which evi- 2Text Appearing After Image:FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 417 BULLOCKS ORIOLE. (Icterus bullocki).% Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1901, BrA. W. MUMFORO, CHICAGO. library UNWERSm Of ILLINOISURBANA dently was intent on mischief, and driveit out of the tree in which they had theirnest. Both birds acted with the greatestcourage and dashed at it repeatedly withfury, the squirrel beating a hasty retreatfrom the combined attack. The youngare large enough to leave the nest in about two weeks and are diligently guarded andcared for by both parents until able toprovide for themselves. Charles Bendire.From Life Histories of North Ameri-can Birds. AN AFTERNOON IN THE CORNFIELD. Uncle Philip was 16 years old, tall andstrong, with merry dark eyes, red cheeksand thick, soft, wavy, brown hair. Every-day except Saturday he was in school.Sometimes on Saturdays he went in thewoods botanizing or he rowed his prettyboat, The Lorelei, upon the lake. Butoften he went to his sisters, MammaBryants, to spend the day and workupon the farm. His liNote About Images 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 work.