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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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investigation further dt this time. We learn from this that when we findthat one region, be it large or small, isunlike every other region in some par-ticulars of climate or vegetation or tem-perature, or when it is not easily acces-sible from other regions, we may expectto find the animals somewhat different ac-cording to the conditions which prevail.From this it is a clear step to the truththat an animals environment exerts aconsiderable influence upon its life andthrough its life upon its form; changingthe form in some particulars that makeit different from all other animals. It isalso true of plants. Since, then, thereare different physical conditions in everycountry of any considerable size, thesechanges in plants and animals are goingon now, but so slowly that we are notable to see them. At the end of anotherthousand years or longer, the species ofbirds which we now know may be sochanged that we should not know themif we could see them. But that need not worry us Lynds Jones. 68
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I IINOIt. HOODED WARBiSilvania mitrata.)Life- COPYRIGHT W. MUMFORtt 01 THE HOODED WARBLER. (Sylvan ia mi t rata.) He was recognizable at once by the bright yellow hood he wore, bordered all aroundwith deep black. A bright, flitting blossom of the bird world!—Leander 8. Keyscr, inBird La?id, This beautiful little warbler is a resi-dent of the eastern United States. It ismore common in the southern portion ofthis district and throughout the Missis-sippi Valley. Its breeding range ex-tends from the Gulf of Mexico as far tothe northward as southern Michigan. Itwinters in the West Indies, in Mexico,and in Central America. Though a woodwarbler it prefers the shrubby growthsin low and well-watered places ratherthan the forest. It is said to be abundantamong the canes of the Southern States.Many other names have been given thiswarbler, all having reference to the ar-rangement of the black and yellow colorson the head. It is called the Black-head-ed Warbler, the Hooded FlycatchingWarbler, th

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