Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 359
ild geese and a great many of our warblers aresimilarly, and at least equally, Canadian. Still other inappropriate names for our com-mon birds are sparrow-hawk, for a little hawkwhich feeds chiefly on mice and large insects,screech-owl, for an owl which does not screech,and red-shouldered hawk (so… … ■■ BliOWN TIIKLSH.(Properly the brown thrasher, related to the mockingbird, catbird, and wrens.) been a special failing of those who gave our birdstheir English names. In view of the many misleading names for ourcommon birds, the young student might profit bybeing a little suspicious as to the…
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