This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... Back striped with black, bay, and whitish. Rump light olive-brown. Bay edgings to wings, and two white cross-bars; under parts gray. Yellow spot before eye. Female crown, brown, markings less distinct. Song: Sweet and plaintive, --"Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody I" Season: Abundant migrant; also a winter resident ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... Back striped with black, bay, and whitish. Rump light olive-brown. Bay edgings to wings, and two white cross-bars; under parts gray. Yellow spot before eye. Female crown, brown, markings less distinct. Song: Sweet and plaintive, --"Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody I" Season: Abundant migrant; also a winter resident from September to May. Breeds: From New England and the Northern States northward. Nest: A deep grass nest partly sunken in the ground or in a low bush. Eggs: Variable, greenish, and thinly speckled with reddish brown to gray, blotched heavily with chocolate. Range: Eastern North America west to the Plains, north to Labrador and the Fur Countries, and winters from the Middle States southward. This is unquestionably the most beautiful of all the Sparrows, not excepting the great Fox Sparrow, and its rich velvety markings and sweet voice have made it one of the welcome migrants, and the few that remain through the winter are carefully fed and cherished. The past season (1894) the upward migration began early in March, the 7, being the first day that I noticed a decided movement, and then no more large flocks appeared until the first week of May. A flock settled on a bit of ground newly sown with grass seed, and devoted themselves to it with such zest that at the end of three days every seed had found its way into their little stomachs; however, as the ground was near the piazza it gave me a fine opportunity to watch them, and four quarts of grass seed was a small price to pay for their society. The White-throat's song has been expressed in many different syllables. It certainly says, "Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody"; words from which it received the name of Peabody Bird. Wilson Flagg says that the Maine folk interpret the notes ...
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Add this copy of Birdcraft, a field book of two hundred song, game, and to cart. $80.00, good condition, Sold by Olympia Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dowagiac, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1936 by The Macmillan Company.
