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  Speaker 1: Section one of Birds, Volume one, n four February eighteen
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
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  Speaker 1: are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer,
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  Speaker 1: please visit LibriVox dot org. The rose breasted grosbie this
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  Speaker 1: is an American bird and has been described under various
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  Speaker 1: names by various authors. It is found in the lower
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  Speaker 1: parts of Pennsylvania, in the state of New York, and
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  Speaker 1: in New England, particularly in autumn, when the berries of
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  Speaker 1: the sour gum or ripe on the kernels of which
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  Speaker 1: it eagerly feeds. As a singer, it has few superiors.
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  Speaker 1: It frequently sings at night and even all night, the
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  Speaker 1: notes being extremely clear and mellow. It does not acquire
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  Speaker 1: its full colors until at least the second spring or summer.
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  Speaker 1: It is found as far east as Nova Scotia, as
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  Speaker 1: far west as Nebraska, and winters in great numbers in Guatemala.
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  Speaker 1: This grosbeak is common in southern Indiana, northern Illinois, and
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  Speaker 1: western Iowa. It is usually seen in open woods on
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  Speaker 1: the borders of streams, but frequently sings in the deep
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  Speaker 1: recesses of forests. In mister Nuttle's opinion, this species has
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  Speaker 1: no superior in song except the mockingbird. The rose breasted
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  Speaker 1: grosbeaks arrive in May and nest early in June. They
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  Speaker 1: build in low trees on the edges of woods, frequently
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  Speaker 1: in small groves on the banks of streams. The nest
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  Speaker 1: is coarsely built of waste double fragments of leaves and
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  Speaker 1: stems of plants, intermingled with and strengthened by twigs and
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  Speaker 1: coarser stems. It is eight inches wide and three and
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  Speaker 1: a half high, with a cavity three inches in diameter
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  Speaker 1: and one in depth, being quite shallow for so large
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  Speaker 1: a nest. Doctor Hoy of Racine states that on the
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  Speaker 1: fifteenth of June, within six miles of that city, he
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  Speaker 1: found seven nests, all within a space of not over
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  Speaker 1: five acres, and he was assured that each year they
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  Speaker 1: resort to the same locality and nest in this social manner.
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  Speaker 1: Six of these nests were in thorn trees, all were
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  Speaker 1: within six to ten feet of the ground near the
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  Speaker 1: center of the top. Three of the four parent birds
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  Speaker 1: sitting on the nests were males. When a nest was disturbed,
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  Speaker 1: all the neighboring grosbeaks gathered and appeared equally interested. It
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  Speaker 1: is frequently observed early in the month of March making
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  Speaker 1: its way eastward. At this period it passes at a
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  Speaker 1: considerable height in the air on the banks of the scukel.
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  Speaker 1: Early in May, it has been seen feeding on the
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  Speaker 1: tender buds of trees. It eats various kinds of food,
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  Speaker 1: such as hempseed, insects, grasshoppers, and crickets. With peculiar relish.
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  Speaker 1: It eats flies and wasps, and great numbers of these
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  Speaker 1: pests are destroyed by its strong bill. During bright moonshiny nights,
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  Speaker 1: the grosbeak sings sweetly, but not loudly in the daytime.
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  Speaker 1: When singing, it has the habit of vibrating its wings
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  Speaker 1: and the manner of the mocking bird. The male takes
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  Speaker 1: turns with his mate and sitting on the eggs. He
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  Speaker 1: is so happy when on the nest that he sings
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  Speaker 1: loud and long. His music is sometimes the cause of
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  Speaker 1: great mourning in the lovely family, because it tells the
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  Speaker 1: egg hunter where to find the precious nest. End of
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  Speaker 1: section one recording by Valentina Vicelli.
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  Speaker 2: Section two of Birds, Volume one, number four April eighteen
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  Speaker 2: ninety seven, recorded for LibriVox dot org by Phil Schamff
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  Speaker 2: The Canada. J I don't believe I shall let this
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  Speaker 2: bird talk to you boys and girls, for I'm afraid
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  Speaker 2: he will not tell you what a funny fellow he is.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't he a queer looking bird? See how ruffled up
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  Speaker 2: his feathers are. He looks as though he forgot to
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  Speaker 2: fix up, just as some little boys forget to comb
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  Speaker 2: their hair before going to school. Well, to tell the truth,
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  Speaker 2: he is a very careless bird and does very funny things.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes he can't be trusted. Just listen to some of
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  Speaker 2: the names that people give him. Meet bird, camp robber.
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  Speaker 2: I think you can guess why he has called those names.
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  Speaker 2: Hunters say he is the boldest of birds, and I
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  Speaker 2: think they are right. For what bird would dare go
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  Speaker 2: right into a tent and carry off things to eat?
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  Speaker 2: A hunter thought he would play a joke on one
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  Speaker 2: of these birds. He had a small paper sack of
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  Speaker 2: crackers in the bottom of his boat. The j flew down,
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  Speaker 2: helped himself to a cracker, and flew away with it
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  Speaker 2: to his nest. While he was gone, the hunter tied
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  Speaker 2: up the mouth of the bag. In a few moments,
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  Speaker 2: the jay was back for more. When he saw he
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  Speaker 2: could not get into the bag, he just picked it
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  Speaker 2: up and carried it off. The joke was on the hunter,
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  Speaker 2: after all. Look at him, doesn't he look bold enough
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  Speaker 2: to do such a trick. Look back at your fiduary
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  Speaker 2: number of birds and see if he is anything like
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  Speaker 2: the blue jay. He is not afraid of the snow,
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  Speaker 2: and oftentimes he and his mate have built their nest
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  Speaker 2: and the eggs are laid while there is still snow
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  Speaker 2: on the ground. Do you know of any other birds
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  Speaker 2: who build their nests so early? There is one thing
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  Speaker 2: about this bird which we all admire. He is always busy,
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  Speaker 2: never idle, so we will forgive him for his funny tricks.
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  Speaker 2: End of section two. This recording is in the public
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  Speaker 2: domain Section three of Birds, Volume one, number four, April
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  Speaker 2: eighteen ninety seven, recorded for LibriVox dot org by Phil
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  Speaker 2: shamf the Canada j. Many will recognize the Canada j
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  Speaker 2: by his local names, of which he has a large assortment.
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  Speaker 2: He is called by the guides and lumbermen of the
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  Speaker 2: Adirondack Wilderness whiskey Jack or whiskey John. A corruption of
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  Speaker 2: the Indian name whiskey chon, moose bird, camp robber, Hudson baber,
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  Speaker 2: cariboo bird, meat bird, grease bird, and venison heron. To
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  Speaker 2: each of these names. His characteristics have well entitled him.
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  Speaker 2: The Canada jay is found only in the more northern
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  Speaker 2: parts of the United States, where it is a resident
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  Speaker 2: and breeds in northern Maine and northern Minnesota it is
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  Speaker 2: most common, and it ranges northward through the Dominion of
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  Speaker 2: Canada to the western shores of Hudson Bay and to
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  Speaker 2: the limit of Timber within the Arctic Circle east of
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  Speaker 2: the Rocky Mountains. Mister Manly Hardy, in a special bulletin
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  Speaker 2: of the Smithsonian Institution, says, they are the boldness of
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  Speaker 2: our birds except the chickadee, and in cool impudence far
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  Speaker 2: surpass all others. They will enter the tents, and often
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  Speaker 2: a light on the bow of a canoe, where the
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  Speaker 2: paddle at every stroke comes within eighteen inches of them.
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  Speaker 2: I know nothing which can be eaten that they will
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  Speaker 2: not take. And I had one steal all my candles
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  Speaker 2: and put them out endwise, one by one from a
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  Speaker 2: piece of birch bark in which they were rolled, and
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  Speaker 2: another pecked a large hole in a keg of casteele soap.
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  Speaker 2: A duck which I had picked and laid down for
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  Speaker 2: a few minutes had the entire breast eaten out by
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  Speaker 2: one or more of these birds. I have seen one
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  Speaker 2: alight in the middle of my canoe and peck away
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  Speaker 2: at the carcass of a beaver I had skinned. They
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  Speaker 2: often spoil deer saddles by pecking into them near the kidneys.
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  Speaker 2: They do great damage to the trappers by stealing the
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  Speaker 2: bait from their traps set for martins and minks, and
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  Speaker 2: by eating trapped game. They will sit quietly and see
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  Speaker 2: you build a log trap and bait it, and then
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  Speaker 2: almost before your back is turned, you hear their hateful
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  Speaker 2: god as they glide down and peer into it. They
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  Speaker 2: will work steadily carrying off the meat and hiding it.
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  Speaker 2: I have thrown out pieces and watched one to see
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  Speaker 2: how much he would carry off. He flew across the
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  Speaker 2: wide stream and in a short time looked as bloody
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  Speaker 2: as a butcher from carrying large pieces. But his patients
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  Speaker 2: held out longer than mine. I think one would work
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  Speaker 2: as long as Mark Twain's California jay did trying to
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  Speaker 2: fill a miner's cabin with acorns through a knot hole
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  Speaker 2: in the roof. They are fond of the berries of
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  Speaker 2: the mountain ash, and in fact few things come amiss.
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  Speaker 2: I believe they do not possess a single good quality
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  Speaker 2: except industry. Its flight is slow and laborious, while it
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  Speaker 2: moves on the ground and in trees with a quickness
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  Speaker 2: and freedom equal to that of our better known blue jay.
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  Speaker 2: The nesting season begins early before the snow has disappeared,
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  Speaker 2: and therefore comparatively little is known about its breeding habits.
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  Speaker 2: It is then silence and retiring, and is seldom seen
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  Speaker 2: or heard. The nest is quite large, made of twigs, fibers,
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  Speaker 2: willow bark, and the down of the cottenwood tree, and
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  Speaker 2: lined with finer material. The yegg so far as is
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  Speaker 2: known number three or four. They are of a pale
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  Speaker 2: gray color, flecked and spotted over the surface with brown, slate, gray,
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  Speaker 2: and lavender. End of section three. This recording is in
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  Speaker 2: the public domain.
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  Speaker 3: Section four of Birds, volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 3: ninety seven, recorded for librevox dot org by Betty b.
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  Speaker 3: The purple galinule. Purple galinules are found in the South
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  Speaker 3: Atlantic and Gulf States in casually northward as far as
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  Speaker 3: main New York, Wisconsin, and south throughout the West Indies, Mexico,
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  Speaker 3: Central America, and northern South America to Brazil. The bird
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  Speaker 3: pictured was caught in the streets of Galveston, Texas, and
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  Speaker 3: presented to mister F. M. Woodruff of the Chicago Academy
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  Speaker 3: of Sciences. Gallinules live in marshy districts, and some of
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  Speaker 3: them might even be called water fowls. They usually prefer
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  Speaker 3: sedgy lakes, large swampy morasses and brooks, or ponds and
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  Speaker 3: rivers well stocked with vegetation. They are not social in disposition,
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  Speaker 3: but show attachment to any locality of which they have
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  Speaker 3: taken possession, driving away other birds much larger and stronger
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  Speaker 3: than themselves. They are tenderly attached to their little ones
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  Speaker 3: and show great affection for each other. The nest is
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  Speaker 3: always built among or near the water plants of which
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  Speaker 3: they are fond. It is about eight inches thick and
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  Speaker 3: fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter, and is placed from
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  Speaker 3: a foot to two feet out of water among the
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  Speaker 3: heavy rushes. The purple gallinule is known to build as
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  Speaker 3: many as five or six sham nests, a trait which
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  Speaker 3: is not confined to the wren family. From four to
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  Speaker 3: twelve smooth shelled and spotted eggs are laid, and the nestlings,
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  Speaker 3: when first hatched, are clad in dark colored down. On
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  Speaker 3: leaving the nest, they accompanied by their parents, seek a
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  Speaker 3: more favorable situation until after the molting season. Half fluttering
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  Speaker 3: and half running, they are able to make their way
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  Speaker 3: over a floating surface of water plants. They also swim
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  Speaker 3: with facility, as they are aquatic, having swimming membranes on
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  Speaker 3: their feet, and while vegetable feeders, to some extent, they
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  Speaker 3: die for food. It is noted that some gallinules, when
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  Speaker 3: young crawl on bushes by wing claws, the voice somewhat
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  Speaker 3: resembles the cackling or clucking of a hen. It eats
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  Speaker 3: the tender shoots of young corn grass and various kinds
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  Speaker 3: of grain. When the breeding season approaches, the mated pears
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  Speaker 3: generally resort to rice fields, concealing themselves among the reeds
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  Speaker 3: and rushes. Mister Woodruff noted that when the railway trains
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  Speaker 3: pass through the overflowed districts about Galveston, the birds fly
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  Speaker 3: up along the track in large multitudes. The purple galanules
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  Speaker 3: are stoutly built birds, with a high and strong bill
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  Speaker 3: and their remarkably long toes, which enable them to walk
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  Speaker 3: readily over the water. Plants are frequently employed to hold
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  Speaker 3: the food very much in the manner of a parrot
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  Speaker 3: while eating O purple breasted galanule. Why should thy beauty
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  Speaker 3: cause thee fear? Why should the huntsmen seek to fool
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  Speaker 3: thy innocence and bring thee near his deadly tool of
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  Speaker 3: fire and lead? Thou holdest high, thy stately head, would
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  Speaker 3: that the hunter might consent to leave thee in thy
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  Speaker 3: sweet content? C. C. M end of section four. This
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  Speaker 3: recording is in the public domain Section five of Birds,
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  Speaker 3: Volume one, number four, April eighteen ninety seven, recorded for
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  Speaker 3: LibriVox dot org by Betty B. Smith's painted long spur.
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  Speaker 3: Smith's painted longspur is usually considered a rare bird in
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  Speaker 3: the Middle West, but a recent observer found it very
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  Speaker 3: common in the fields he saw twenty five on October
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  Speaker 3: third of last year. They were associated with a large
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  Speaker 3: flock of lapland long spurs. On account of its general
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  Speaker 3: resemblance to the latter species, it is often overlooked It
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  Speaker 3: is found in the interior of North America from the
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  Speaker 3: Arctic coast to Illinois and Texas, breeding far north, where
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  Speaker 3: it has a thick, fur lined grass nest set in
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  Speaker 3: moss on the ground. Like the Lapland longspur, it is
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  Speaker 3: only a winter visitor. It is not.
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  Speaker 4: So generally distributed as that species, the migrations being wholly
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  Speaker 4: confined to the open prairie districts. Painted long spurs are
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  Speaker 4: generally found in large flocks, and when once on the ground,
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  Speaker 4: begin to sport. They run very nimbly, and when they arise,
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  Speaker 4: utter a sharp click, repeated several times in quick succession,
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  Speaker 4: and move with an easy, undulating motion for a short distance.
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  Speaker 4: When they alight very suddenly, seeming to fall perpendicularly several
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  Speaker 4: feet to the ground. They prefer the roots where the
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  Speaker 4: grass is shortest. When in the air, they fly in
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  Speaker 4: circles to and fro for a few minutes, and then alight,
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  Speaker 4: keeping up a constant chirping or call. They seem to
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  Speaker 4: prefer the wet portions of the prairie. In the breeding seasons.
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  Speaker 4: The long spurs song has much of charm and is
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  Speaker 4: uttered like the skylarks. While soaring, the long spur is
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  Speaker 4: a ground feeder, and the mark of his long hind
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  Speaker 4: claw or sp buerr can often be seen in the
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  Speaker 4: new snow. In eighteen eighty eight, the rider saw a
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  Speaker 4: considerable flock of painted long spurs feeding along the Niagara
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  Speaker 4: River near Fort Erie, Canada. The usual number of eggs
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  Speaker 4: found in a nest is four or five, and the nests,
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  Speaker 4: for the most part, are built of fine dry grasses,
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  Speaker 4: carefully arranged and lined with down feathers or finer materials
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  Speaker 4: similar to those of the outer portions. They are sometimes
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  Speaker 4: sunk in an excavation made by the birds, or in
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  Speaker 4: a tuft of grass, and in one instance, placed in
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  Speaker 4: the middle of a bed of Labrador tea. When the
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  Speaker 4: nest is approached, the female quietly slips off, while the
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  Speaker 4: male bird may be seen hopping or flying from tree
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  Speaker 4: to tree in the neighbourhood of the nest and doing
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  Speaker 4: all he can to induce intruders to withdraw from the neighbourhood.
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  Speaker 4: The eggs have a light clay colored ground, marked with
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  Speaker 4: obscure blotches of lavender and darker lines, dots and blotches
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  Speaker 4: of purplish brown. The long spur is a strong flier
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  Speaker 4: and seems to delight in breasting the strongest gales when
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  Speaker 4: all the other birds appear to move with difficulty and
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  Speaker 4: to keep themselves concealed among the grass. While the colors
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  Speaker 4: of adult males are very different in the long spur family,
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  Speaker 4: the females have a decided resemblance. The markings of the
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  Speaker 4: male are faintly indicated, but the black and buff are wanting.
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  Speaker 4: End of section five. This recording is in the public.
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  Speaker 1: Domain Section six of Birds, Volume one, number four, February
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  Speaker 1: eighteen ninety seven. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox
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  Speaker 1: recordings are in the public domain. For more information or
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  Speaker 1: to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. The American crossbill
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  Speaker 1: American crossbills are notable for their small size, being considered
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  Speaker 1: and described as dwarfs of the family. Their food consists
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  Speaker 1: exclusively of pine fir and larch, which accounts for the
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  Speaker 1: fact that they are more numerous in northern latitudes where
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  Speaker 1: these trees abound. When the cones are abundant, they visit
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  Speaker 1: in great numbers many places where they have not been
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  Speaker 1: for years, appearing at irregular intervals and not confining themselves
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  Speaker 1: to particular localities. They are very social even during the
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  Speaker 1: nesting season. Their nests are built among the branches of
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  Speaker 1: the fir trees, and there they disport themselves gaily, climbing
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  Speaker 1: nimbly and desisting their movements as parrots do with their beaks.
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  Speaker 1: They will hang downward for minutes, clinging to a twig
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  Speaker 1: or cone, seeming to enjoy this apparently uncomfortable position. They
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  Speaker 1: fly rapidly, but never to a great distance. The pleasure
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  Speaker 1: they experience in the society of their mates is often
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  Speaker 1: displayed by fluttering over the tops of the tree treze
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  Speaker 1: as they sing, after which they hover for a time
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  Speaker 1: and then sink slowly to their perch. In the daytime,
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  Speaker 1: they are generally in motion, with the exception of a
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  Speaker 1: short time at noon. During the spring, summer, and autumn,
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  Speaker 1: they pass their time in flying from one plantation to another.
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  Speaker 1: The cross bill troubles itself but little about the other
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  Speaker 1: inhabitants of the woods, and is said to be almost
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  Speaker 1: fearless of man. Should the male lose his mate, he
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  Speaker 1: will remain sorrowfully perched upon the branch from which his
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  Speaker 1: little companion has fallen. Again and again visit the spot
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  Speaker 1: in the hope of finding her. Indeed, it is only
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  Speaker 1: after repeated proofs that she will never return that he
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  Speaker 1: begins to show any symptoms of shyness. In feeding, the
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  Speaker 1: crossbill perches upon a cone with its head downwards, or
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  Speaker 1: lays the cone upon a branch and stands upon it,
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  Speaker 1: holding it fast with his sharp, strong pointed claws. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it will bite off a cone and carry it to
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  Speaker 1: a neighboring bough or to another tree where it can
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  Speaker 1: be opened for A suitable spot is not to be
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  Speaker 1: found on every branch. The nest is formed of pine twigs,
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  Speaker 1: lined with feathers, soft grass, and the needle like leaves
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  Speaker 1: of the fir tree. Three or four eggs of a
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  Speaker 1: grayish or bluish white color streaked with faint blood red,
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  Speaker 1: reddish brown, or bluish brown spots are generally laid. The
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  Speaker 1: following poem is quite a favorite among bird lovers and
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  Speaker 1: is one of those quaint legends that will never die.
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  Speaker 1: End of section six. Recording by Valentina.
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  Speaker 5: Viccelli, Section seven of Birds, volume one, number four, April
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  Speaker 5: eighteen ninety seven. Read forlibrivox dot org bio on mapstone.
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  Speaker 5: The Legends of the Crossbill from the German of Julius
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  Speaker 5: mossen by longfellow on the cross, the dying Savior heavenward
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  Speaker 5: lifts his eyelids, calm feels, but scarcely feels a trembling
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  Speaker 5: in his pierced and bleeding palm. And by all the
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  Speaker 5: world forsaken sees he how with zealous care, at the
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  Speaker 5: ruthless nail of iron, a little bird is striving there,
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  Speaker 5: stained with blood, and never tiring with its beak. It
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  Speaker 5: doth not cease from the cross. It would free the Savior,
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  Speaker 5: its creator's sun release. And the Savior speaks in mildness,
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  Speaker 5: blessed be thou of all the good bear as token
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  Speaker 5: of this moment, marks of blood and holy rood. And
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  Speaker 5: that bird is called the cross Bilt, covered all with blood,
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  Speaker 5: so clear in the groves of pine, it singeth songs
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  Speaker 5: like legends. It's range to hear. End of section seven.
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  Speaker 5: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: Section eight of Birds, Volume one, number four, February eighteen
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven. This is a Liberal ox recording. All Liberalvox
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  Speaker 1: recordings are in the public domain. For more information or
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  Speaker 1: to volunteer, please visit liberovox dot org. Bird Day. In
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  Speaker 1: the schools, Bird Day have you heard of it. Whether
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  Speaker 1: you have or not, we wish to assure you that
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  Speaker 1: it is worthy the thoughtful consideration of all teachers and
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  Speaker 1: of all others interested in protecting and preserving our sweet birds.
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  Speaker 1: Bird Day has already proved a great success in two
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  Speaker 1: cities of the United States, both in the enthusiasm shown
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  Speaker 1: by the children in their friendly study of birds and
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  Speaker 1: in the result of such study. In eighteen ninety four,
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  Speaker 1: Oil City, Pennsylvania, observed the day, and in eighteen ninety
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  Speaker 1: six it was celebrated in the schools of Fort Madison, Iowa.
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  Speaker 1: Of the results in his schools, Superintendent Babcock of Royal
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  Speaker 1: City says, there has been a complete change in the
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  Speaker 1: relations existing between the small boy and the birds. Although
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  Speaker 1: we and Fort Madison have been engaged in bird study
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  Speaker 1: less than the year and have observed but one Bird Day,
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  Speaker 1: results similar to those secured by Superintendent Babcock are becoming manifest.
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  Speaker 1: Only a few days ago, a boy said to his teacher,
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  Speaker 1: I used to take pleasure in killing all kinds of birds.
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  Speaker 1: Now I don't wish to harm even an English sparrow.
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  Speaker 1: The object of Bird Day and the study that leads
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  Speaker 1: to it, is to diffuse a true knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: esthetic and practical value of birds, and to arouse an
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  Speaker 1: interest in bird protection. And it is high time that
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  Speaker 1: something be done. From all over the country come reports
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  Speaker 1: of a decrease in native birds in many places. Some
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: of our sweetest songsters and most useful insect destroyers have
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  Speaker 1: become very scarce or have disappeared in timely. The causes
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  Speaker 1: are many, but the greatest is an inexcusable thoughtlessness on
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  Speaker 1: the part of young and old, of both sexes. Johnny
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  Speaker 1: teases for a gun, his fond parents get it for him. Result,
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  Speaker 1: Johnny shows his marksmanship by shooting several birds in his vicinity.
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  Speaker 1: Or perhaps the ladies need new hats. Nothing except birds
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  Speaker 1: for trimming will do, though ten thousand sweet songs be
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  Speaker 1: hushed forever. The study of bird life is one of
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  Speaker 1: a special interest to children, and if properly pursued, will
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  Speaker 1: develop in them sympathetic characters that should make them kinder
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  Speaker 1: towards their playmates now and towards their fellow men in
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  Speaker 1: coming years. Impress upon a child that he liveth best,
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  Speaker 1: who loveth best all things both great and small, and
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  Speaker 1: you have built into his life something that shall shine forth.
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  Speaker 1: In good deeds through countless ages. And how go about
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  Speaker 1: this work? The limit of space allotted this article forbids
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  Speaker 1: a full answer. Briefly, study the birds themselves. Get a
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  Speaker 1: boy aroused to a friendly, protective interest in one bird,
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  Speaker 1: and you have probably made that boy a friend of
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  Speaker 1: all birds. If you are a teacher, take your little
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  Speaker 1: flock out early some bright spring morning, and let them
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  Speaker 1: listen to the singing of their feathered brothers of the air.
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  Speaker 1: Call attention to their beauty and grace of form, plumage,
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  Speaker 1: and movement. Watch them care for their little ones, Notice
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  Speaker 1: their nests, their happy little homes, those half way houses
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  Speaker 1: on the road to heaven. And as you and your
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  Speaker 1: flock wander, watch and listen, and call to mind that
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  Speaker 1: tis always morning somewhere, and above the awakening continents, from
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  Speaker 1: shore to shore, somewhere the birds are singing evermore. Let us,
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  Speaker 1: fellow teachers and fellow citizens of America, take up this
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  Speaker 1: work of bird study and bird protection. Let the schools
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  Speaker 1: teach it, the press print it, and the pulpit preach it,
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  Speaker 1: till from thousands of happy throats shall be proclaimed the
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  Speaker 1: glad tidings of good will of man towards the birds.
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  Speaker 1: See H Moral, Superintendent of Schools, Fort Madison, Iowa. End
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  Speaker 1: of section eight. Recording by Valentina of Acheli.
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  Speaker 6: Section nine of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 6: ninety seven. Recorded for Liverfox dot Org. Buye and Be
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  Speaker 6: Sweet thirteen. The California woodpecker. I may not be as
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  Speaker 6: pretty a bird as my red headed cousin, but I'm
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  Speaker 6: just as busy. My home is in the west, among
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  Speaker 6: the pines on the mountains. I do not visit the
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  Speaker 6: east at all. Of course, I like insects and fruits,
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  Speaker 6: just as my relations do. But I like best to
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  Speaker 6: eat acorns. You know, if I left the acorns on
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  Speaker 6: the trees and just got enough to eat at one time,
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: after a while, I would have a hard time finding
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  Speaker 6: any They would drop off and roll away and get
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  Speaker 6: lost among the leaves and grasses. What would you do
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  Speaker 6: if you were I a very sharp bill? You see,
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  Speaker 6: so I can peck and peck at the tree until
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  Speaker 6: I have made a hole which will hold an acorn.
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  Speaker 6: Sometimes I fill my storehouse quite full in this way.
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  Speaker 6: You can see how they look in the picture. When
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  Speaker 6: I want to get at the meat in the acorn,
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  Speaker 6: I drive the nut into a crack and split the shell.
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  Speaker 6: Then I have my breakfast easily enough. Some of the
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  Speaker 6: other birds like acorns too, but I think they should
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  Speaker 6: find and store away their own, and not try to
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  Speaker 6: take mine. I do not like to quarrel and have
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  Speaker 6: so many friends. Then I have my nest. Look after,
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  Speaker 6: I make it as my cousin does, by digging into
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  Speaker 6: a tree, first, a passageway or haul at a living room,
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  Speaker 6: there are four or five white eggs, and they are
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  Speaker 6: too soon of the little baby birds to be taken
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  Speaker 6: care of. Now have I not a great deal of work?
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  Speaker 6: Do you not think I'm quite as busy as my cousin?
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  Speaker 6: And of section nine? This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 7: Section ten of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 7: ninety seven, recorded for LibriVox dot org by Avay. The
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  Speaker 7: California woodpecker. This fine specimen of the woodpecker is by
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  Speaker 7: far the most sociable representative of the family in the
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  Speaker 7: United States, and it is no unusual occurrence to see
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  Speaker 7: half a dozen or more in a single tree. It
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  Speaker 7: is also a well disposed bird, and seldom quarrels or
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  Speaker 7: fights with its own kind or with smaller birds, but
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  Speaker 7: It attacks intruders on its winter stores with such vigor
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  Speaker 7: and persistence that they are compelled to vacate the premises
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  Speaker 7: in a hurry. Its manner of flight and call notes
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  Speaker 7: closely resemble those of the red headed woodpecker, and like it,
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  Speaker 7: it loves to cling to some dead limb near the
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  Speaker 7: top of a tree and drum for us at a time.
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  Speaker 7: It is one of the most restless of birds and
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  Speaker 7: never appears to be at a loss for amusement, and
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  Speaker 7: no other bird belonging to this family could possibly be
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  Speaker 7: more industrious. During the spring and summer, its food consists,
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  Speaker 7: to some extent of insects, including grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and
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  Speaker 7: flies buried with cherries, apples, figs, berries, and green corn
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  Speaker 7: acorns form its principal food. During the greater portion of
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  Speaker 7: the here of these, its doores away large numbers in
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  Speaker 7: the thick bark of pines, in partly rotten limbs of
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  Speaker 7: oak trees, telegraph poles, and fence posts. A writer in
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  Speaker 7: the Auk says of its habits, it is essentially a
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  Speaker 7: bird of the pines, only occasionally descending to the cotton
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  Speaker 7: woods of low valleys, the oaks which are scattered through
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  Speaker 7: the lower pine zone, supply a large share of its food.
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  Speaker 7: Its habit of hoarding food is well known, and these
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  Speaker 7: stores are the source of unending quarrels with its numerous
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  Speaker 7: feathered enemies. I have laid its supplies under contribution myself,
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  Speaker 7: when short of provisions and lost from the command on
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  Speaker 7: which I had been traveling, by filling my saddle bags
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  Speaker 7: with half dried acorns from under the loose bark of
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  Speaker 7: a dead pine. The California woodpecker is found in western Mexico,
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  Speaker 7: northern lower California, and north through California into western Oregon.
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  Speaker 7: So far as is known, the eastern limit of its
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  Speaker 7: range is the Santa Fe Mountains. Its nest is usually
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  Speaker 7: from fifteen to twenty five feet from the ground, excavated
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  Speaker 7: on the side of a branch of a good sized
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  Speaker 7: oak or sycamore. Breeding commences in April or May, according
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  Speaker 7: to locality. Both sexes assist in the excavation. The entrance
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  Speaker 7: hole is about one and three fourth inches in diameter,
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  Speaker 7: perfectly circular, and is sometimes chiseled through two or three
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  Speaker 7: inches of solid wood before the softer and decayed core
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  Speaker 7: is reached. The inner cavity is greatly enlarged as it descends,
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  Speaker 7: and varies from eight to twenty four inches in depth.
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  Speaker 7: The eggs rarely exceed four or five and are pure
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  Speaker 7: white in color. The most remarkable fact concerning this species
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  Speaker 7: is the peculiar manner in which it stores acorns. The
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  Speaker 7: thick bark of large sugar and other pines has been
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  Speaker 7: seen completely riddled with small holes. A section of a
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  Speaker 7: partly decayed oak limb three feet two inches long and
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  Speaker 7: five and one half inches in diameter, contained two hundred
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  Speaker 7: fifty five holes. Each hole is intended to hold a
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  Speaker 7: single acorn. The acorns fit quite accurately, are driven in
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  Speaker 7: point foremost, and are not readily extracted. Sweet acorns are
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  Speaker 7: selected to get at their contents. The acorns are carriage
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  Speaker 7: to a convenient tree where a limb has been broken off,
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  Speaker 7: driven into a suitable crevice, split open, and the outer
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  Speaker 7: hall removed. Truly, the California woodpecker is no idler or bungler,
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  Speaker 7: nor is he a free booter like the noisy roistering jy.
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  Speaker 7: He makes an honest living and provides for the evil
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  Speaker 7: day which comes alike to man and beast. End of
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  Speaker 7: Section ten. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 5: Section eleven of Birds, volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 5: ninety seven. Read forlibrivox dot org by on Mapstone the
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  Speaker 5: PoID bill grebe boys and girls. This is the first
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  Speaker 5: time I've been on land for several weeks. I am
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  Speaker 5: sure you can't think of any other kind of bird
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  Speaker 5: who can say that. Sometimes I don't go on land
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  Speaker 5: for months, but stay in the water all the time,
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  Speaker 5: eat and sleep there floating around. My little chick wanted
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  Speaker 5: me to go on land so we could have our
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  Speaker 5: pictures taken. If he were not sitting so close to me,
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  Speaker 5: you could see better what paddles I have for feet.
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  Speaker 5: I build my nest of weeds, grass, sticks, and anything
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  Speaker 5: I can find floating around. I most always fasten it
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  Speaker 5: to some reeds or tall grass that grow up out
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  Speaker 5: of the water. In this I lay the eggs, and
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  Speaker 5: just as soon as the chicks come out of the shell,
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  Speaker 5: they can swim. Of course, they can't swim as well
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  Speaker 5: as I can, and they soon get tired. Do you
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  Speaker 5: know how I rest them? Well, it's very funny, but
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  Speaker 5: I just help them up onto my back and there
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  Speaker 5: they rest while I swim around and get them food.
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  Speaker 5: When they get rested, they slide off into the water.
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  Speaker 5: Are you wondering if I can fly well? I can
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  Speaker 5: fly a little, but not very well. I can get
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  Speaker 5: along very fast swimming, and as I do not go
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  Speaker 5: on land often, why should I care to fly? Should
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  Speaker 5: anyone try to harm me? I can dive and swim
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  Speaker 5: under the water out of reach. Well, chick, let us
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  Speaker 5: go back to our home in the water. End of
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  Speaker 5: section eleven. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: Section twelve of Birds, Volume one, number four, February eighteen
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven. This is a LibriVox recording. All libriovox recordings
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  Speaker 1: are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer,
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: please visit LibriVox dot org. The pied billed grebe, members
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  Speaker 1: of the family of Grebes, are to be found in
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  Speaker 1: the temperate zones of both hemispheres, beyond which they do
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  Speaker 1: not extend very far, either to the north or south.
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  Speaker 1: They are usually found on ponds or large sheets of
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  Speaker 1: stagnant water, sometimes on deep, slow moving streams, but always
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  Speaker 1: where sedges and rushes are abundant. Probably there are no
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  Speaker 1: birds better entitled to the name of waterfowl than the grebes,
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  Speaker 1: at least observers state that they know of no others
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  Speaker 1: that do not, on some occasions, appear on dry land.
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  Speaker 1: It is only under the most urgent circumstances, as for instance,
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  Speaker 1: when wounded, that they approach the shore, and even then
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: they keep so close to the brink that on the
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  Speaker 1: slightest alarm they can at once plunge into the water.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever they do must be done in the water. They
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  Speaker 1: cannot even rise upon the wing without a preliminary rush
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  Speaker 1: over the surface of the lake. From dry land they
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  Speaker 1: cannot begin their flight. Their whole life is spent in
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  Speaker 1: swimming and diving. They even repose floating upon the water,
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  Speaker 1: and when thus asleep, float as buoyantly as if they
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  Speaker 1: were made of cork. The legs raise to the edges
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  Speaker 1: of the wings, and the head comfortably buried among the
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  Speaker 1: feathers between the back and shoulder. Should a storm arise,
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  Speaker 1: they at once turn to face the blast, and are
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  Speaker 1: usually able with their paddle like feet to maintain themselves
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  Speaker 1: in the same place. They dive with great facility, and
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: make their way more swiftly when under water than when swimming.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: At the top. When flying, the long neck is stretched
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  Speaker 1: out straight forwards, and the feet backwards. In the absence
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  Speaker 1: of any tail, they steer their course by means of
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  Speaker 1: their feet. When alarmed, they instantly dive. Their food consists
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: of small fishes, insects, frogs, and tadpoles. Grebes are peculiar
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  Speaker 1: in their manner of breeding. They live in pears and
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  Speaker 1: are very affectionate, keeping in each other's company during their
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  Speaker 1: migrations and always returning together to the same pond. The
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  Speaker 1: nest is a floating one, a mass of wet weeds
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  Speaker 1: in which the eggs are not only kept damp, but
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  Speaker 1: in the water. The weeds used in building The nests
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: are procured by diving and put together so as to
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: resemble a floating heap of rubbish, and fastened to some
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  Speaker 1: old upright reeds. The eggs are from three to six
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  Speaker 1: at first greenish white in color, but soon become dirty,
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  Speaker 1: and are then of a yellowish red or olive brown tint,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes marbled. The male and female both sit upon the nest,
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  Speaker 1: and the young are hatched in three weeks. From the
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  Speaker 1: first moment they are able to swim and in a
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: few days to dive. Having once quitted the nest, they
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: seldom returned to it. A comfortable resting and sleeping place
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  Speaker 1: being afforded them on the backs of their parents. It
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: is a treat to watch the little family, as now
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: one now another of the young brood, tired with the
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: exertion of swimming or of struggling against the rippling waterunt
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  Speaker 1: as to a resting place on their mother's back, to
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  Speaker 1: see how gently, when they have recovered their strength she
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  Speaker 1: returns them to the water. To hear the anxious plaintive
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: notes of the little warblers when they have ventured too
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  Speaker 1: far from the nest, to see their food laid before
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  Speaker 1: them by the old birds, or to witness the tenderness
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  Speaker 1: with which they are taught to dive. End of section twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Recording by Valentina Viccelli.
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  Speaker 8: Section thirteen of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 8: ninety seven. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
• 37:40
  Speaker 8: are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer,
• 37:45
  Speaker 8: please visit libreyvox dot org. Recording by Jen Broda. The
• 37:52
  Speaker 8: Bohemian waxwing. The Bohemian waxwing is interesting for its gypsy
• 37:58
  Speaker 8: like wanderings winter, visiting one country next season another, often
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  Speaker 8: in enormous flocks and usually with intervals of many years,
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  Speaker 8: so that in former times their appearance was regarded as
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  Speaker 8: sure forebodings of war and pestilence, their arrival being dreaded
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  Speaker 8: as much as that of a comet. Another interesting feature
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  Speaker 8: of its history is the fact that for a long
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  Speaker 8: time this familiar bird eluded the search of the zoologist.
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  Speaker 8: Its breeding habits and even the place where it breeds
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  Speaker 8: were unknown thirty years ago, until finally discovered by mister
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  Speaker 8: Woolley in Lapland after a diligent search during four summers.
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  Speaker 8: It is also called the European or common silk tail,
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  Speaker 8: and is an inhabitant both of northern Europe and of
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  Speaker 8: North America, though in America the cedar bird is more
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  Speaker 8: often met with. In the northern portions of Europe, birch
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  Speaker 8: and pine forests constitute its favorite retreats, and these it
• 39:05
  Speaker 8: seldom quits, except when driven by unusual severity of weather
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  Speaker 8: or by heavy falls of snow to seek refuge. In
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  Speaker 8: more southern provinces. It is said that even in Russia,
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  Speaker 8: Poland and southern Scandinavia it is constantly to be seen
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  Speaker 8: throughout the entire winter, that indeed, so rarely does it
• 39:27
  Speaker 8: wander to more southern latitudes that in Germany it is
• 39:31
  Speaker 8: popularly supposed to make its appearance once in seven years.
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  Speaker 8: On the occasion of these rare migrations. The silk tails
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  Speaker 8: keep together in large flocks and remain in any place
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  Speaker 8: that affords them suitable food until the supply is exhausted.
• 39:49
  Speaker 8: These birds are heavy and indolent, exerting themselves rarely except
• 39:54
  Speaker 8: to satisfy hunger. They live in perfect harmony, and during
• 39:58
  Speaker 8: their migration indicate no fear of man. Seeking their food
• 40:02
  Speaker 8: in the streets of the villages and towns, they frequently
• 40:06
  Speaker 8: settle in the trees, remaining almost motionless for hours together.
• 40:12
  Speaker 8: Their flight is light and graceful, but on the ground
• 40:15
  Speaker 8: they move with difficulty. Their call note is a hissing,
• 40:20
  Speaker 8: twittering sound. In summer, insects are their chief food, while
• 40:25
  Speaker 8: in winter they live principally on berries. The waxwing will
• 40:29
  Speaker 8: devour in the course of twenty four hours in amount
• 40:32
  Speaker 8: of food equal to the weight of its own body.
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  Speaker 8: In Lapland is the favorite nesting ground of the Bohemian waxwing.
• 40:41
  Speaker 8: The nests are deeply hidden among the boughs of pine
• 40:44
  Speaker 8: trees at no great height. From the ground. Their walls
• 40:48
  Speaker 8: are formed of dry twigs and scraps from the surrounding branches,
• 40:52
  Speaker 8: and the cavities are wide, deep and lined with blades
• 40:56
  Speaker 8: of grass and feathers. There are five eggs laid the
• 41:00
  Speaker 8: middle of June. The shell is bluish or purplish white,
• 41:04
  Speaker 8: sprinkled with brown, black, or violet spots and streaks, some
• 41:09
  Speaker 8: of which take the form of a wreath at the
• 41:11
  Speaker 8: broad end. The exquisite daintiness and softness of the waxwings
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  Speaker 8: coat can be compared only to floss silk. End of
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  Speaker 8: section thirteen.
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  Speaker 6: Section fourteen of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 6: ninety seven, recorded for LibriVox dot Org by Amby Sweet thirteen.
• 41:42
  Speaker 6: The marsh wren with tail up and head up. The
• 41:47
  Speaker 6: wren begins to sing. He fills the air with melody
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: and makes the alders ring. We listen to his candaes,
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: We watch his frisky motions. We think his mate attending him.
• 42:00
  Speaker 6: He's got some nesting notions c cm. These wrens in
• 42:06
  Speaker 6: habit marshy and weedy bottom lands along river courses, and
• 42:10
  Speaker 6: have all the brisk manners and habits of the family.
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  Speaker 6: This species, however, has a peculiar habit of building several
• 42:18
  Speaker 6: nests every season, and it is suggested that these are
• 42:22
  Speaker 6: built to procure protection for the female, in order that
• 42:25
  Speaker 6: when search is made for the nest where she is sitting,
• 42:28
  Speaker 6: the male may lure the hunter to an empty nest.
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  Speaker 6: Its song is not unlike that of the house wren,
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  Speaker 6: though less agreeable. It is a summer resident, arriving in
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  Speaker 6: May and departing in September. Its nest, which is found
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  Speaker 6: along borders of rivers, is made of sedge and grasses
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  Speaker 6: suspended near tall reeds. It has been found hanging.
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  Speaker 9: Over a small stream, suspended from the drooping bough of
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  Speaker 9: an elder tree, swayed to and fro by every breath
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  Speaker 9: of air. A careful absorb states that a wren will
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  Speaker 9: forsake her nests when building it sooner than any other
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  Speaker 9: bird known to him. Disturb her repeatedly when building, and
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  Speaker 9: she leaves it apparently without cause. Insert your fingers in
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  Speaker 9: her tenement, and she will leave it forever. But when
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  Speaker 9: the eggs are laid, the wren will seldom abandon her treasure,
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  Speaker 9: and when her tender brood are depending on her for food,
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  Speaker 9: she will never forsake them, even though the young be
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  Speaker 9: handled or the female bird be caught on the nests
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  Speaker 9: while feeding them. The food of the wren is insects,
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  Speaker 9: their lava, and eggs and fruit. In season, this wren
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  Speaker 9: has justly been called the perennial songster. In spring, the
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  Speaker 9: love song of the wren sounds through the florist glades
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  Speaker 9: and hedges, as the buds are expanding into foliage, and
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  Speaker 9: his mate is seeking a site for a cave like home.
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  Speaker 9: And what a series of jerks it is composed of,
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  Speaker 9: And how abruptly he finishes his song, as if suddenly alarmed.
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  Speaker 9: But this is his peculiar habit, and common him alone.
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  Speaker 9: In summer we hear his song morning, noon and night,
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  Speaker 9: go forth for very joyfulness, as he wanders hither and
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  Speaker 9: thither in his leafy bower. It is only in the
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  Speaker 9: molting season that he does not sing. A lady who
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  Speaker 9: used to attract a great number of birds to her
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  Speaker 9: garden with crumbs, seeds, and other dainties, said that when
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  Speaker 9: the weather became cold, the wrens used to gather upon
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  Speaker 9: a large branch of a tree, about four inches beneath
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  Speaker 9: another branch. They assembled there in the evening and packed
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  Speaker 9: themselves very comfortably for the night, three or four deep,
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  Speaker 9: apparently for the sake of warmth, the topmost wren always
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  Speaker 9: having his back pressed against the outer branch, as if
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  Speaker 9: to keep all steady. Pitying their forlorn condition, she provided
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  Speaker 9: a bedroom for them, a square box lined with flannel
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  Speaker 9: and a very small round hole for a door. This
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  Speaker 9: was fastened to the branch, and the birds promptly took
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  Speaker 9: possession of it, their numbers increasing nightly untail. At least
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  Speaker 9: forty wrens crowded into the box, which did not seem
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  Speaker 9: to afford room for half the number. When thus assembled,
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  Speaker 9: they became so drowsy as to permit themselves to be
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  Speaker 9: gently handled. End of section fourteen. This recording is in
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  Speaker 9: the public domain. Section fifteen of Birds, Volume one, number
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  Speaker 9: four April eighteen ninety seven, recorded for librifox dot org
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  Speaker 9: buy and b Sweet thirteen. The marsh frends a happier
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  Speaker 9: pair of birds than these little wrends. It would be
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  Speaker 9: hard to find. They have just come up from taking
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  Speaker 9: their morning bath and are going to sing a while
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  Speaker 9: before going to work on their nests. You see, I
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  Speaker 9: say nest, that is a strange thing about the wrens.
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  Speaker 9: They build several nests. I wonder if you can tell
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  Speaker 9: why they do this. If you can't ask your tea about.
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  Speaker 6: It, it is a little too early in the season,
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  Speaker 6: or I would have one of the nests in the
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  Speaker 6: picture for you to look at. I will try to
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  Speaker 6: describe it to you so that you will know it
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  Speaker 6: when you see it. These little runs make their nests,
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  Speaker 6: of course, grasses, breathe stocks, and such things lined with
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  Speaker 6: fine grasses. It is round like a ball, or nearly so,
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  Speaker 6: and has the opening in the side. They fasten them
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  Speaker 6: to the reeds and bushes. If you wish to get
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  Speaker 6: acquainted with these birds, you must visit the tall grasses
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  Speaker 6: and cattails along rivers and creeks and in marshes. You
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  Speaker 6: won't have to let them know that you are coming.
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  Speaker 6: They will see you long before you see them, and
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  Speaker 6: from their little nest they will begin to scold you
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  Speaker 6: for fear that you mean to do them harm. When
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  Speaker 6: they see that you mean them no harm, they will
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  Speaker 6: begin to entertain you with their songs. Oh, how they
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  Speaker 6: do sing. It just seems as though they would burst
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  Speaker 6: with song. You can see how happy the one is
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  Speaker 6: in the picture. The other little fellow will soon take
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  Speaker 6: his turn. See how straight he holds his tail up.
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  Speaker 6: Find out all you can about these wrens. You notice
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  Speaker 6: they have long bills. We call them long billed marshrens.
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  Speaker 6: There are several other kinds. You surely must have seen
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  Speaker 6: their cousins the house rents. I will show you their
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  Speaker 6: pictures someday. End of section fifteen. This recording is in
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  Speaker 6: the public domain.
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  Speaker 10: Section sixteen of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen
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  Speaker 10: ninety seven, recorded for LibriVox dot org by Richard Biswinger.
• 47:42
  Speaker 10: The Arizona green jay. The geographical range of the Arizona
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  Speaker 10: j is in southern New Mexico and Arizona and south
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  Speaker 10: into Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. It is a common resident
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  Speaker 10: throughout the oak belt, which generally fringes the foothills of
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  Speaker 10: the mountains and ranges well up among the pines. In
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  Speaker 10: suitable localities, it is very abundant. It is rarely seen
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  Speaker 10: at any distance out of the arid plains, but after
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  Speaker 10: the breeding season is over, small flocks are sometimes met
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  Speaker 10: with among the shrubbery of the few water courses several
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  Speaker 10: miles away from their regular habitat. They are very silent,
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  Speaker 10: and their presence is only betrayed by the scoldings they
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  Speaker 10: receive from other birds. On their own health. They are
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  Speaker 10: as noisy as any of her jays, and apparently far
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  Speaker 10: more sociable. A number of pairs, frequently nesting close to
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  Speaker 10: each other in a small oak grove. They move about
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  Speaker 10: in small family parties of from half a dozen to
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  Speaker 10: twenty or thirty, being rarely seen alone. They are restless,
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  Speaker 10: constantly on the move, prying into this or that, spending
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  Speaker 10: a good portion of their time on the ground, now
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  Speaker 10: hopping on a low limb, and the next minute down again,
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  Speaker 10: twitching their tails almost constantly. Their call notes are harsh
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  Speaker 10: and far reaching, and are somewhat similar to those of
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  Speaker 10: the California jay. The voices of animals have a family
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  Speaker 10: character not easily mistaken, and this similarity is especially observable
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  Speaker 10: in birds. As Agases says, compare all the sweet warbles
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  Speaker 10: of the songster family, the nightingales, the thrushes, the mocking birds,
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  Speaker 10: and the robins. They differ in the greater or lesser
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  Speaker 10: perfection of their note, but the same kind of voice
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  Speaker 10: runs through the whole group. Does not every member of
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  Speaker 10: the crow family caw, whether it be a jack daw,
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  Speaker 10: the jay, or the magpie, the rook in some green
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  Speaker 10: rookery of the old world, or the crow of our words,
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  Speaker 10: with its long, melancholy caw that seems to make the
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  Speaker 10: silence in solitude deeper. The habits of the Arizona j
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  Speaker 10: are similar to those of its brethren. Its food consists
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  Speaker 10: of grasshoppers, insects, animal matter, wild fruits, seeds, and especially acorns.
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  Speaker 10: It flies by partly closing its wings, darting suddenly down,
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  Speaker 10: then up again, and repeating these movements for some time.
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  Speaker 10: It mates at the end of February. The nest, composed
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  Speaker 10: of dry rootlets laid very closely in rings, is usually
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  Speaker 10: found in an oak sapling about ten feet from the ground.
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  Speaker 10: The inside diameter is five inches and death one in
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  Speaker 10: three fourths inches. It is like a deep saucer. The
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  Speaker 10: Arizona jay is considered a foothill bird, not going far
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  Speaker 10: into the pines and not appearing on the plains. But
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  Speaker 10: one brood appears to be raised in a season, and
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  Speaker 10: nesting lasts about sixteen days. The eggs vary from four
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  Speaker 10: to seven and differ from all the known eggs of
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  Speaker 10: this family found within the United States, being unspotted. They
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  Speaker 10: are glaucous green in color, and the majority are much
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  Speaker 10: more glossy than Jay's eggs generally are. In one hundred
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  Speaker 10: thirty six specimens examined, all were perfectly immaculate. End of
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  Speaker 10: Section sixteen. This recording is in the public domain. End
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  Speaker 10: of Birds, Volume one, number four, April eighteen ninety seven.