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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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cares. Allday the little chicks were in despair,standing with their necks raised andgiving vent to the most doleful criesin chickdom, while their mother wasscratching in the opposite end of theyard, apparently without a pang of re-gret for their lonely condition. Now old Speckle must have had asharp eye on the little chicks, and afterreflecting over the situation, she beganclucking and walking quickly up to thebrood, spread her wings as an invita-tion for them to come to her. They didnot respond immediately, but Specklecontinued to cluck and did her best toruffle her ragged feathers. At last thelittle chicks decided that a taillessmother was better than none and withsleepy chirps nestled underneath theold hen. As time went on. Speckleshowed plainly that she meant to as-sume the duties of motherhood, and thelittle chicks seemed only too thankfulto follow her about and receive her wellmeant attentions. Speckle \\as a greatsuccess as a foster mother and raisedthe entire brood. Nina King.
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Kl.nWINC.F.n BLACK HI Kl). (Anclaius pliociiireiis).f. l.if<-si/.-. COPYRIOMT 1900, THE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. (Ageiaius phoeniceus.^ Why chidest thou the tardy spring?The hardy bunting does not chide;The blackbird make the maples ringWith social cheer and jubilee;The Redwing flutes his o-ka-lcc. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-day. No bird can be more appropriatelycalled The Bird of Society than theRed-winged Blackbird. In the springand fall these Blackbirds not only asso-ciate with each other in large flocks,but also with the grackles, cowbirdsand other blackbirds. But the Red-wings are the most lively of the flockand, perhaps we can say, the mostmusical. In the spring the appearanceof these vivacious birds is especiallyenjoyed, for they are as welcome andinspiring a promise of the new year asthe peeping of frogs or blooming ofthe first wild flower. Easily satisfiedand fully capable of caring for them-selves the Redwings are an impressiveand helpful example of how to get thebest out o

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