The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 25
a bad name, as the dull-colored females never make nests of their own,but foist their eggs on other and better mothers,who rear the hungry changelings at the expenseof their own broods. Wrens, chickadees, bluebirds, martins, andsometimes crested flycatchers will come to bird-houses in our gardens.… … THE CHIMNEY-SWIFT STUFFS THE SIDE POCKETS OFITS MOUTH FULL OF FLIES.This is similar to the manner in which a chipmunk packs grain THE SANDPIPER PUTS ITS EGGS ON THE GROUND WITH BUTand nuts in its mouth pockets. LITTLE IF ANY NEST-LINING. BIRD TALKS 13 teach us. Nearly all birds build ticsts for…
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