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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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chirr used byboth birds. These notes are also utteredwhen the nest or young are disturbed,with marked emphasis. The males ar-rive at the site of their summer home afew days before their mates, and aresometimes seen in parties of four orfive, forming a brilliant group. At noother time do the males associate to-gether, for as soon as they are matedeach devotes his time to his bird wife.Before the arrival of the females prac-tically the only notes uttered by themale are those of the ordinary call.After their arrival a change takes placeand the **loud, cheery, rhythmical carolof this Redbird of the forest may beheard among the tree tops throughoutthe morning hours. While its songsuggests that of the robin in its modu-lations, the notes are shriller and sharp-edged and uttered more hurriedly andenunciated with a peculiar waveringstyle. The song, while varied and de-liberate, is always uttered in a cheerfultone. While his mate attends to theduties of their home, he frequently visits 3S 5-^^
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iiirriir^^itll her with insects and berries, which formthe food of the Tanagers. When notengaged in obtaining food for her, orlater for their young, he mounts a fav-orite perch, not far from his nest, andthere sings a sweet song to his patientmate upon the nest. They are a lovingpair and together care for their youns:.The young males are colored like theirmother and do not obtain the perfect and brilliant nlumage of the adult untilat least the third year. The words of Florence Merriamagain seem appropriate: Inside thegreen woods the Tanager spends thesummer, flying down to visit his nest inthe fresh young undergrowth or tobathe in the still forest pools, and hunt-ing and singing in the tree tops highoverhead. THE STORY OF BOBBS, THE TANAGER. Chip chiir! Chip churl The treesrang with his joyous gutteral call, andhere and there, flashing from oak tooak, shone the Scarlet Tanager likea splendid tropic flower in his vividcolor. The rose tanagers were therealso, beautiful, but less intense

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