Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes (1916) (14565438709)

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Title: Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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YOUNG KINGFISHERS. VDESCRIPTIONS OF BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO COLOR BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY BLACK Common CrowFish CrowAmerican RavenPurple CrackleBronzed CrackleRusty BlackbirdRed-winged BlackbirdPurple MartinCowbird See also several of the Swallows; the Kingbird, the Phoebe, the Wood Peweeand other Flycatchers; the Chimney Swift; and the Chewink. 39
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BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY BLACK The Common Crow (Corvus Americanus) Crow family Called also: CORN THIEF Length—16 to 17.50 inches. Male—Glossy black with violet reflections. Wings appear saw toothed when spread, and almost equal the tail in length.Female—Like male, except that the black is less brilliant.Hange—Throughout North America, from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.Migrations—March. October. Summer and winter resident. If we have an eye for the picturesque, we place a certainvalue upon the broad, strong dash of color in the landscape, givenby a flock of crows flapping their course above a corn-field, againstan October sky ; but the practical eye of the farmer tooks onlyfor his gun in such a case. To him the crow is an unmitigatednuisance, all the more maddening because it is clever enough tocircumvent every means devised for its ruin. Nothing escapesits rapacity ; fear is unknown to it. It migrates in broad day-light, chooses the most conspicuous perches, and yet its assur