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Identifier: cu31924022541563 (find matches)
Title: A year with the birds
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Ball, Alice Eliza, 1867- Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Gibbs & Van Vleck
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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/ 9 -^ ?^) TUFTED TITMOUSE The Cedar Waxwing 35 The Cedar N)^axwing A beautiful gray-brown bird is he, With a crest on his velvet head,Which stands erect when he is surprised. And is flattened tight in dread;When contented and happy loose it lies— As when he is bountifully fed. His wings and tail are of softest gray That blend to a darker shade;On his wings are scarlet wax-like tips That seem by magic made;On his breast and the band across his tail The Golden Touch was laid. He and his roving flock alightWhere berries and seeds they spy; Well-fed, they perch on a bough of a treeIn a row, remote and shy; They preen their coats, and whisper and lisp.And then away they fly. A. E. B. 36
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H 7^-3ftU-^ny^tirA^ CEDAR WAXWING The White-Breasted NuthatchThe Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers 37 The White-Breasted Nuthatch Im the nuthatch—white-breasted, Black, rusty, blue-gray.Long-billed and bright-eyed. Over tree-trunks I stray,Up, down, all about— Wherever I seeTiny eggs in the bark, Tucked away cunningly. Ive a short, square-cut tail; I need no firm propLike the woodpecker tribe. Or the creepers. I hopOn my large, sturdy feet Where I please without fear;And my cheery Crank-crank You will frequently hear. When not searching for food On a cold winters day.Near Chickadee, Downy, Or Titmouse I stay;During long, bitter nights We may nestle—snug, warm—In a woodpeckers hole, Sheltered safe from the storm. A. E. B. 38

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