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Title: Aunt May's bird talks
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Poyntz, F. M., Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Educational publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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THE BLUEBIRD. I have a treat for you, children,.said Aunt May, this is the last of ourbird talks, and I am going to take youto the bird store to see all the lovely birds;while there I will show you what I considerthe prettiest and most lovable of the Thrushfamily, the Bluebird. Now run and dressquickly, and ask your mamma for dark dresses,for we do not want our jaunt spoiled by fearof hurting our clothes. Soon with simple gingham dresses and littleshade hats, under which beamed happy faces, 153 154 AUNT MAYS BIRD TALKS. Aunt Mays crowd assembled, and I do notthink the Blackbirds over the creek could havemade more noise chattering, than did thismerry class. A delightful ride in the electriccars brought them to the famous bird store.Here Aunt May showed them many curiousforeign birds and told of their strange habits;the Tailor-bird of India that sews leavestogether and places its nest inside them, usingits tiny beak as a needle; the bottle-nestsparrow (also of India) whose nest is woven

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