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Identifier: babybirdsathomebb00kear (find matches)
Title: Baby birds at home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, ltd.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ds at Home most branch of some favourite tree or bushin order to utter its shrill canary-like song,the greater part of which is delivered whilstthe bird is gliding downwards again withoutspread wings and tail, and legs danglingbelow its body. It also frequently singswhilst seated on its favourite perch. Thecall-note sounds something like trit, tritor (sip, tsip The food of this species consists of in-sects of all kinds, and the writer has seen afemale leave her nest in order to catch asmall snail, whilst it was climbing a grassstem a loot or two away. The nest is made in the shelter of a tuftof grass, and is composed of rootlets andmoss with an inner lining of fine dead grassand hair. From four to six eggs are laid of veryvariable coloration. Some are greyishwhite tinged with purple and marked withpurple, brown, and red spots, whilst othersare dull white with dark brown markings. The chicks are fed by both parent birds,and when they leave the nest soon learn tosecure their own food. i
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GOLDEN PLOVER. The Golden Plover THIS is perhaps the most beautifulmember of all the Plover family, andhas no doubt received its common name fromthe golden buff or yellowish markings on theplumage of its upper parts. The Golden Plover is a frequenter,during the summer months, of desolatewastes and solitary moors in the highestand wildest parts of the west and north ofEngland, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Itsplaintive call-note can be heard at a greatdistance and sounds something like tluiWhen the female is sitting on the eggs themale is nearly always doing sentry dutyon the top of some knoll commanding a goodview of the surrounding landscape. At thefirst sign of approaching danger he gives awarning cry, and his mate slips oft* the nest,runs for some distance, and joining him,both try their best, and frequently with success, to decoy the intruder away. in ii2 Baby Birds at Home The food of this species consists of worms,slugs, grubs, beetles, and all kinds of in-sects. The nest is mad

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