Identifier: americanbirdsstu00finl (find matches)
Title: American birds, studied and photographed from life
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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took old Jack andwent down In the corn-field to look for Jack Crow. Theyscared up all the flocks they could find, but never againdid they see Jack Crow fly out from the swarm of blackwings that fluttered up into the pine trees on the skirtsof the field. THE CROW FAMILY This is a large family, including jays and magpies. The Crow iseverywhere known because of the black coat. This family has no musicalability, as the voice is either hoarse or harsh. The crow walks firmlyand easily on the ground while the jay hops. The crow is about a footand a half long; he lives on small mammals, cutworms, grain, fruit,and the eggs and young of other birds. American Crow (Corvus Americanus): Male, plumage, glossy blackwith purplish tinge; bill and feet black. Female, less brilliant. Livesthroughout the United States, summer and winter. Nest, generally inevergreen trees, a platform of rough sticks lined with bark, weeds, andleaves. Eggs, four to six, greenish, spotted with brown. THE OWL, BIRD OF NIGHT
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Granny —a portrait of a half-grown Barn Owl. VIIITHE OWL, BIRD OF NIGHT THERE is not a tumble-down barn In the country thatdoes not shelter good material for a naturalistsnote-book. Take It all In all the old shacks are the mostproductive. If there Is a hole and a snug corner somewren or bluebird has likely climbed in and built a home.If It be near town some English sparrow has perhaps beenliving there all winter, and, at the first sign of spring,has begun carrying In grass and sticks. Or, if the barn isvery shaky and leaky. It may make a home for an owl. The Barn Owl (Strix pratincola) Is not hard to pleasewhen he needs a nesting place. He takes the steeple of achurch, an old hollow sycamore along the creek, or a caveIn the mountains. I know of one pair that has lived foryears in the tower of a court-house. The town clock justbelow the nest must have been a nuisance at first duringthe day-sleep, but It was likely taken as something thatcould not be helped, as we take the clang and

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