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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
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the barn. Mr. Selby gives the following accountof the habits of the Redpoll, as he ob-served them in England. It is onlyknown in the southern parts of Britainas a winter visitant; and -it is at thattime gregarious and frequently taken, incompany with other species, by bird-catchers, by whom it is called the StoneRedpoll. In the northern counties ofEngland and in Scotland and its isles, itis resident throughout the year. It re-tires during the summer to the under-wood that covers the bases of many ofour mountains and hills and that oftenfringes the banks of their precipitousstreams; in which sequested situations itbreeds. The nest is built in a bush orlow tree, of moss and the stalks of drygrass intermixed with down from thecatkin of the willow, which also formsthe lining and renders it a particularlysoft and warm receptacle for the eggsand young. The materials used in theconstruction of the nests vary with thelocality selected and the kind of ma-terials usuallv found in the immediate
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FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. o47 COPYRIGHT 1903, QY A. W. MUMFOflO, CHICAQO. REDPOLL. (Acanthis linaria).About Life-size- II vicinity are used. Occasionally the nestis built in a tall tuft of coarse grass. In North America this affectionatelittle associate of the junco, tree sparrowand sometimes of the crossbill has anumber of common names. Some ofthem are, the Redpoll Linnet, the Red-capped Chippy, the Dusky Redpoll andSnowbird. Its habits are similar tothose of the goldfinch. Its note is ut-tered while flying. The Redpoll is easily tamed and hasbeen taught to perform tricks. Mr. Langille writes of an interesting in-stance, that came under his observation,of several Redpolls in captivity. Hesays: One had a soft belt around hisbody, mider his wings, to which wasfastened a small chain and a bucketabout as big as a thimble, with whichhe drew water out of a deep dish anddrank. Another had a tiny car on aplatform outside the cage, and as thislittle vehicle was fastened to the insideof t

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