Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 542
eir musical perform- THE WREN PERHAPS IMITATES THE SOUNDOF A BROOK. ances, the call of the wild proving too over-powering. They gradually developed the chirp,chirp of their brethren, although their noteswere never so harsh as those of the wild birds.In the fall, they were returned to the room… … MOCKING-BIRD, BOB-WHITE, BLUE-JAY (IN FLIGHT), AND KING-BIRD. 366 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Feb., of our birds are an imitation of sounds whichthey hear in nature. One cannot help wonderingif the unattractive sparrow acquired his noisy anddisagreeable chirp through his long…
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