The Children's Book of Birds

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Olive Thorne Miller. The Children's Book of Birds

The Children's Book of Birds

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIRST BOOK

THE FIRST BOOK OF BIRDS

I

II

THE NESTLING

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

THE BIRD GROWN UP

XI

XII

XIII

Footnote

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

HOW HE IS MADE

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

HIS RELATIONS WITH US

XXVIII

XXIX

XXX

POINTS TO OBSERVE

SECOND BOOK

THE SECOND BOOK OF BIRDS

I

II

Footnote

III

Footnote

IV

Footnote

V

Footnote

VI

Footnote

VII

VIII

Footnote

IX

Footnote

X

Footnote

XI

Footnote

XII

Footnote

XIII

Footnote

XIV

Footnote

XV

Footnote

XVI

Footnote

XVII

XVIII

XIX

Footnote

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

Footnote

XXIV

Footnote

XXV

Footnote

XXVI

Footnote

XXVII

Footnote

XXVIII

Footnote

XXIX

Footnote

XXX

Footnote

XXXI

Footnote

XXXII

Footnote

XXXIII

Footnote

XXXIV

Footnote

XXXV

Footnote

APPENDIX

INDEX

Отрывок из книги

Olive Thorne Miller

Published by Good Press, 2021

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There is another curious thing about the nestling plumage. You would expect a young bird to look like his father or mother; and some of them do. Many nestlings are dressed exactly like their mothers; and not until they are a year old do the young males get a coat like their father's. Some of them, indeed, do not have their grown-up suits for two or three years.

When the father and mother are dressed alike, as the song sparrows are, the young birds generally differ from both of them. When the father and mother are different, like orioles or bluebirds, the young are usually like the mother the first season. In some cases the father, mother, and young are almost exactly alike.

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