File:Common birds of town and country (1914) (14751709595).jpg

Identifier: cu31924022518595 (find matches)
Title: Common birds of town and country
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Kennard, Frederic Hedge, 1865-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C., National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ateness of thename appears as the graceful creature flits throughthe greenery, displaying the salmon-colored bodyand the bright wing and tail patches. The redstartis not unknown.in some parts of the west, but it isessentially a bird of the eastern states, where it is acommon inhabitant of open woodland districts.The wood warblers are not our most artful architects,and in this respect the redstart does not depart fromthe traditions of its kind. While it builds a ratherneat and compact structure of strips of bark, plantfibres and the like, placing it in a sapling not farfrom the ground, the nest is not the thing of beautyone might be led to expect from such a fairy-likecreature. Ornamental as the redstart is, it possessesother claims on our gratitude, for it is a most activeand untiring hunter of insects, such ;is spittleinsects, tree-hoppers and leaf-hoppers, and bothorchard and forest trees are benefited by the un-ceasing warfare it wages. (See Biol. Surv. Bull. 17, p. 20 et seq.) 500
Text Appearing After Image:
Black and White WarblerYellow Warbler Audubons WarblkkAmerican Redstart Female, upper; male, lower 501 INDIGO BUNTING (Passerina cyanea). Length, about 5£ inches. The male is easily iden-tified by the rich blue color, with black wings and tail.The female is warm brown. Range: Breeds from eastern North Dakota, centralMinnesota, northwestern Michigan, southern On-tario and southern New Brunswick to central Texas,southern Louisiana, central Alabama and centralGeorgia; winters from southern Mexico to Panama. The indigo bird is the brightest colored sparrowthat visits the north, but one can hardly believe thatthe sprightly dandy, elad in his rich blue suit, is themate of the inconspicuous brown bird that seeksassiduously to conceal herself in the leafy cover, asthough a bit ashamed of the contrast between herworking suit and the holidav garb of her spouse.The indigo is a frequenter of sprout land, of brushythickets and of open woodland, and the male isfond of singing his cheerful lay from

Note About Images