. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 130 CITIZEN BIRD the Brown Thrasher, the Rock Wren, the House Wren, and the Long-billed Marsh Wren, the last being the only really shy bird among the seven I am going to tell you ; " Do Wrens and Mockingbirds belong to the same family? " asked Nat. " One so little and one so big ! Mother had a Mockingbird in a cage once, but it got out and flew away to live in the park, she ; '' They are cousins and belong to the same large family, though to different households, like House Peopl
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 130 CITIZEN BIRD the Brown Thrasher, the Rock Wren, the House Wren, and the Long-billed Marsh Wren, the last being the only really shy bird among the seven I am going to tell you ; " Do Wrens and Mockingbirds belong to the same family? " asked Nat. " One so little and one so big ! Mother had a Mockingbird in a cage once, but it got out and flew away to live in the park, she ; '' They are cousins and belong to the same large family, though to different households, like House People. " The Sage Thrasher be- longs only to the West, just as its relative the Brown Thrasher belong-s to the eastern part of the coun- try. When your Cousin Olive and I lived one summer here and there, from Colo- rado westward, it was this bird that made us feel at home by its sweet sociable music. '' Everywhere in that mountainous region the sagebrush, with its blue flower spikes, spreads over the ground, making a silvery green- ness where other plants could not grow. In and out of the sage, nests and scratches and hops this Thrasher, taking its name from the plant. He also ventures up. Sage Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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