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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE RED WING BLACK BIRD - THE BIRD OF SOCIETY THE BLACKBIRD. “I could not think so plain a bird Could sing so fine a song.” One on another against the wall Pile up the books—I am done with them all; I [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE KINGFISHER. Dear Children: I shall soon arrive from the south. I hear that all the birds are going to tell stories to the boys and girls. I have never talked much with children myself for I never really cared for [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE AMERICAN ROBIN. The Bird of the Morning. Yes, my dear readers, I am the bird of the morning. Very few of you rise early enough to hear my first song. By the time you are awake our little ones have [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * KING PARROT OR KING LORY. ORY is the name of certain birds, mostly from the Moluccas and New Guinea, which are remarkable for their bright scarlet or crimson coloring, though also applied to some others in which the plumage is chiefly [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * MEXICAN MOT MOT. OT MOTS are peculiar to the new world, being found from Mexico throughout the whole of Central America and the South American continent. The general plumage is green, and the majority of the species have a large racket [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE RED HEADED WOODPECKER. ERHAPS no bird in North America is more universally known than the Red Headed Woodpecker. He is found in all parts of the United States and is sometimes called, for short, by the significant name of Red [...]

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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography – Revisited Vol 1. February, 1897 No. 2 * THE SWALLOW-TAILED INDIAN ROLLER. WALLOW-TAILED Indian Rollers are natives of Northeastern Africa and Senegambia, and also the interior of the Niger district. The bird is so called from its way of occasionally rolling or turning over in its flight, somewhat after [...]

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