Image from page 105 of "How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors" (1903)

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Image from page 105 of “How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors” (1903)

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Title: How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds Bird attracting
Publisher: New York : Doubleday Page
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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thebird flew by the house again, caugnt sight of theworsteds, wheeled suddenly about, alighted on theshutter, hopped to the worsteds, selected a graystrand and flew off. Again the oriole returned;again she chose the natural wool. On the sixthtrip her feminine taste was apparently sorely temptedby a bit ot pink yarn, for she touched it twice withher bill before deliberately carrying away the lastgrayish piece. Every bright-colored strand was re-jected. This set the lady thinking. Of all our common birds, the oriole is perhapsthe most aesthetic. That she is far in advance ofmost of her kind is shown by her marvellous skill 93 How to Attract the Birds as a weaver, and further proved by the attractionsin a mate that are necessary to woo her—the mostgorgeous ot orange and black feathers, and, as ifthey were not enough, the most persistent of deh-cious songs throughout the courtship. Certainly, abird with so keen an appreciation of form, colourand music must have some excellent reason tor

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Young whippoorwills feel a sense of security from protective colourino; being so quietly clad and for choosing somber-coloured materials for her nest. The obvious reasonexplains also the motives of verv many other birdsrespecting their plumage and homes. A child less wise than Macaulays schoolboyknows that various birds have adopted variousmethc^ds of protecting themselves and their young,about whom they are even more concerned, everyspecies having some special method of its own. Bvfar the greatest number, however, depend chieiiy on 94 Natures First Law the protective colouring of their plumage, and themore closely it harmonizes with their surroundingsthe more likely are they to escape the ever-watch-ful eyes ot their foes. Naturally, it is the femalewhich requires the greater protection, for, as wehave just seen, it is she who builds the nest in thegreat majority of cases, covers the eggs and cares forthe young, often with little help from her mate.His chief business in life is to wo

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Image from page 1421 of “The Commercial and financial chronicle” (1906)

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Title: The Commercial and financial chronicle
Year: 1906 (1900s)
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Subjects: Finance Banks and banking Securities
Publisher: New York, W.B. Dana
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
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Image from page 201 of “North Carolina Christian advocate [serial]” (1894)

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Title: North Carolina Christian advocate [serial]
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church (U.S.). Western North Carolina Conference
Subjects: United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church (U.S.). Western North Carolina Conference Methodist Church
Publisher: Greensboro, N.C., Methodist Board of Publication, [etc.]
Contributing Library: Duke Divinity School Library, Duke University
Digitizing Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of North Carolina. Grant issued to Duke University for the Religion in North Carolina project.

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