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Title: Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927
Subjects: Birds -- United States
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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lso noted by Mr. Averill as associating withShore Larks near Stratford, Conn. Breeds: In the Arctic regions, where it has a thick, fur-lined, grassnest, set in moss on the ground. Mange: Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere; in NorthAmerica, south, in winter, into the northern United States,irregularly to the Middle States, accidentally to South Carolina,and abundantly in the interior to Kansas and Colorado. When we are fortunate enough to see the Longspur, he iswearing his winter dress, which resembles somewhat theplumage of the Titlark. I always considered them rare birds hereabout, untilI found them near the shore last February. I was firstattracted by unusual claw marks in the new snow, where itwas soft enough to take distinct impressions, under thesouth side of a rick of salt hay. The Longspur is a groundfeeder like the Larks and Buntings, and the mark of thelong hind claw, or spur could be seen plainly; on theopposite side of the rick were the birds themselves, seven 144
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SONG-BIRDS. Sparrows in all. They were climbing up the sloping sides, pickingseeds from the coarse grasses and weeds which served ascovering for the finer hay. The Longspurs, as well as theHorned Larks that were with them, were so hungry andintent upon feeding that they were not in the least dis-turbed, even though they must have seen me plainly. Thislack of fear produced by hunger often gives the winterbirds an air of charming familiarity, and, though both win-ter residents and visitors are comparatively few, a little food,suited to their various needs, wisely scattered about the doorand around the hayricks and sheds, will bring you a troopof grateful guests to whisper cheerfully, even if they do notsing to you. Vesper Sparrow: Pooccetes gramineus* Bay-winged Bunting.Plate 29. Fig. 1. Length: 5.75-6.25 inches. Male and Female: Above brown, varied with dusky. Lesser wingcoverts bright bay. Below soiled white, striped everywhereexcept on the belly with brown. iVo yellow anywhere. Outer

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