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Identifier: birdsnature11905chic (find matches)
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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les still farthernorthward to Maine, New York and Wis-consin. Mr. W. E. D. Scott, writing ofthe Birds of the Gulf Coast of Elorida,says of the Purple Gallinule: This isone of the species that in its migrationsis frequently blown out to sea in theGulf and I have had several individualsbrought to me by men from the spong-ing boats that fish from six to fifteenmiles ofif the mouth of the Anclote River.These birds came on board during hardstorms, generally in March, and beingvery much exhausted were easily cap-tured. The nest of the Purple Gallinule con-sists of a platform of reed stalks directlyover the water, or of grasses, bent andwoven together over a grassy marsh.Upon this platform a rude cradle is con-structed with grasses. Occasionally thenest may be moored to the stems of therushes, or to a bush, where the incom-ing tide raises it, but cannot loosen itsanchors. Mr. Oliver Davie says thatbesides its true nest the Purple Gallinulewill often make as many as five or sixsham nests. 170
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FROM COL. F. M. WOODRUFF 33 PURPLE GALLINULE. (lonornis martinica). About I Life-size. JMFORO, CHICAGO AN AUNT JANE STORY. SOME JAPANESE PETS. They came through the mail, a giftfrom the government. The childrengathered in wonder about the table asthe mysterious package was opened, forAunt Jane had told them that she wasexpecting the arrival of some J^P^^^^^ePets/ Pshaw! is that all? exclaimed John,as some slips of card-board, covered withtiny, bead-like eggs, were unfolded be-fore his eyes. Oh, auntie, said Bird, in a disap-pointed tone, T thought your pets wouldbe alive! Well, so they are—or will be. Ifyou have patience, you will see some-thing very wonderful one of these days.Howard, get me a tin box and make afew small holes in the lid; we must keepthese little treasures in a cool cellar, safefrom mice, for a short time, as I do notwish them to hatch until the leaves onthe osage hedges get a little larger, orthe wee fellows will die for lack of food. The few days seemed a whole y

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