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Identifier: birdsnature1511904chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
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. When these fade he renewsthem, and substitutes a fresh collection. Really and truly. Aunt Jane, askedthe astonished children with batedbreath. Yes, and there is still another birdcalled the bower-builder who builds andornaments a place for public entertain-ments, where the birds give parties, andindulge in dancing! She will tell us next, said Howard,that the birds build churches, and goto meeting, but I, for one, will neverbelieve it, there, now! Why not? Aunt Jane laughingly re-torted. There is the parson-bird withhis little white necktie, who could doubt-less preach as well as the bluejay scolds,whether it is an improvement or not is a But here is the shop of our bird fan-cier ; come let us find a canary beautifula> a primrose. But promise us first that going homeyou will tell us something about theplumage of birds, coaxed Madge.Now, please do, auntie. Of course I will do so, with pleas-ure, was the response, for during theride I am entirely at your service. Belle Paxson Drury.
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C -ii I-! THE MONTANA GRAYLING. (^Thymallus ontariensis tnontanus.) I wind about, aud in and out. With here a blossom sailing,And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a Cirayling. And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as 1 travelWith many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel. —Alfred Tennyson, The Broiik. The Graylings are among the mostbeautiful of the fishes. Bright in colorand graceful in form, they have beencalled the flowers of the finny tribes.There are about five species and all arefascinating to look upon. Two of thespecies and one variety are natives ofNorth America. The Graylings fre-quent only the rivers of cold water in theI.orthern temperate and Arctic regions.They are active and gamy, and someanglers claim that their game qualitiesare fully the equal of those of the brooktrout. The food also is like that of thetrout and consists of insects that light orfall upon the surface of the stream. The generic range of these fishes isquite extensive: they

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