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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
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lly,like the creepers, it finds an abiding placebeneath large pieces of loose bark. ThisFlycatcher has also been observed nest-ing in the dry blossom-stalks of theyucca and the century-plant in south-western New Mexico. The nest of the Ash-throated Fly-catcher is placed at various heights fromthe ground, though seldom at a greaterelevation than twenty feet. The size ofthe nest varies also. If the hole is oflarge dimensions it is partly filled withstems, roots, grass and other availablematter, and upon this the nest is built.The walls of the nest usually consist ofmatted hair and fur which is sometimeslined with feathers. Unlike the easterncrested flycatcher, the Ash-throated spe-cies seldom uses, in the construction of itsnest, the exuviae of reptiles. Regardingthe nesting habits of the Ash-throatedFlycatcher, Captain Bendire says: Asnearly as I have been able to observe, Ithink the female does most of the workon the nest, but the male follows heraround while in search of material and
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fROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 617 ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER. (Myiarchus cinerascens). g Life-siz3. MUMFORO, CHrCAGO apparently guards and sings to her. Ihave known a pair of these birds to fin-ish a nest in one day. This was placedin a knothole in a mesquite stump, abouteight feet from the ground, and com-posed entirely of deer hair. Not unlike the other flycatchers theAsh-throated species is a songless bird.Yet it has a voice. Its notes are few,loud and harsh, little varied and utteredfrom time to time as they fly after an in-sect from their accustomed perch. WHAT THE CHILDREN FOUND OUT ABOUT DUCKS. The children were all in their placesvery promptly for dinner that day.Father had been hunting, and they wereexpecting to have ducks and jelly, withMarthas good dressing, potatoes, andpeas in a first course. Martha brought inthe largest platter with three good-sizedducks on it, fat, brown and done to aturn. What kind of ducks are these,Father? asked Ted. Pin-tail. (Dalfila acuta.) You shou

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