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Identifier: birdsnatureinnat04unse (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature in natural colors.
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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of Birds, in w^hich he gives a very interesting account of the Curassowand an excellent illustration of the bird. He says: T took a pourtray of thisbird at Chelmsford in Essex; it was very tame and sociable, eating and drinkingwith any company. The Cock I had of a man from the West Indies. They aregenerally brought from Carasow, from whence they take their Name. . They arecalled by the Indians Tecuecholi, Mountain-Bird or American Pheasant. 642
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I 5 Life-size. About a Sparrow By H. S. Keller There have been tales told about this curious little rowdy among birds. Hewas a nuisance; he drove our song and grub-eating birds away; he also litteredthe cornices of buildings and made of himself a pest in general. There havebeen other tales told about the cute chap who perches upon a wire near the windowand rocks his clever head toward you when you tap against the pane; and stillanother story is told concerning the lynching of one by a flock of the brisk chaps.Some say they took a bit of twine, fastened it to a wire, secured the victim, andinduced him to put his head through a loop; then drew the twine and scattered,leaving a lot of wise men to gaze upon the wonderful spectacle, which the news-papers took up and printed. I have watched birds for years and I never saw anincident of the sort—the lynching of a sparrow by his fellow sparrows ! A sparrowhas been caught in the loop of a bit of twine fastened to a wire or a cornice; butno s

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  • bookid:birdsnatureinnat04unse
  • bookyear:1913
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:Chicago___A_W__Mumford__Publisher
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:BHL_SIL_FEDLINK
  • bookleafnumber:102
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  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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