BIRDS AND NATURE IN NATURAL COLORS V5, MUMFORD 1913

(BIRDS AND NATURE IN NATURAL COLORS A NEW EDITION PAGE PLATES OF FORTY-EIGHT COMMON BIRDS BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY A GUIDE IN THE STUDY OF BIRDS AND THEIR HABITS VOLUME V COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES WITH 240 PAGE PLATES IN COLORS BEING A SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR TREATISE ON FOUR HUNDRED BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA CHICAGO A W MUMFORD 536 S CLARK Publisher ST COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY A W MUMFORD IMPEYAN PHEASANT (I^iiphophorus impeyanus) - Life-size {Lopiwphonts impcyanus) The Impeyan Pheasant By This beautiful hir.l wWwh is I N Mitchell noted for tlu- won.Urful color and metallic irides- colder regions of India cence of the male's plumage, is a native of the higher and of India, who have given it the name Monal It is greatly admired hy the natives very marked that some or the hird'of gold The metallic luster of it> ].lumagc is so name resi)lendens The authorities have been led to give this bird the specific plumage of the males of nearly while that of the female all the pheasants is (|uite as strikingly brilliant, much more somber is the Himalayas, Writing of this pheasant as it is found in its forest home in any elevation, of hill every almost on found "The Monal is Mr Wilson savs the interior, in and forest, of limits the to from the first great ridge above the plains observer enthusiastic another And birds." it is the most abundant of our game that than concerned, are birds where "There are few sights more striking writes one below just hillside the from of a grand old cock shooting out horizontally gigantic rainbow-tinted gem anirds t)f Birds Sing I'.irds .'!44 410 • Ill Behold the Birds II Before and After Summer Bird The 3s9 * 305 ! 175 Birds II 2S'! Birds Ill 499 Birds and Their Young Birds and Seasons in My IV Birds and Their Songs to Field 225 502 * * in Orchard Winter IV in in Birds in Winter Fields Southern Hoosier Birds More Birds' Ill Names IV Bird Neighbors Birds' Nests Bird Notes V II II II 209 II Tiio IV The 353 756 469 Ill Indigo 592 550 Ill 387 387 360 129 344 V The Buzzard The Turkey V Catbird, The II Census, Bird II Chickadee 251 II The The HI Chicken 123 926 * 955 376 176 239 144 388 V The • 253 200 The • 477-562 20-47 59 278 II 480 620 a 453 792 Chat, Yellow-Breasted 21.=j 818 363 II Ill Cassowary 605 Hills 22 141 352 The 65 Birds in the Lost River Valley Bird Law, New 544 Canary Bird The Biography of *Canvas Back Ill Cardinal 113 ' 579 Bush-Tit, The II 740 Cemeteries 545 799 V P.urroughs, John 520 in The Lazuli Ill The Painted HI The Snow II * and Orchard IV The ^^Bunting, • 938 48-160 The Black II The Black IV * Bird Day II 272 Birds Destroy Cotton-Boll Weevil 11 274 Bird Family, A Few of 95 Bird Houses and Mow to Build Them Birds Birds Birds Birds 953 Ill BufHehead G2 Ill 202 II Brant V Common 465 282 Ill The Mountain IV Blue Jay, Song of Ill * Birds as Preservers of Vegetation V 903 Bird Calendar by the Poets IV G55 Bird Citizens in" Winter II 204 Birds Christmas 781 • Birds 77 154 Eulogy ()S9 I 289 May II Garden III 411 Bird and the Farmer II Birds and the Citizen Ill 183 II Little Bobolink *Bob-White 20.] II 106 1 Two 172 • Ill Bittern, Bluebird The The 935 in 215 The Least II Blackbird, The Red Winged The Rusty V * The Yellow Headed V * 50.'j Ill That Sing ~G7 II Baby Birds \' Back Up the Game Law Birds That Hunt I'.ird Ill Day An • 218 II II Country Birds of the Prairie 44.T 34 II Town and • 40G Ill Place Beauties Baldpate 59T 78.") Ill Audubon's Resting *Avocet, The Birds of a Smoky City I'.irds of Killingworth 'J07 At Morn and at Eve Audubon, John James Autumn Autumn C4:i O'JS V Family \' Indicates Color Plate About Tarrots IV About a Sparrow IV Address to the Woodlark IV A Few of tlic Rird A Little Song V I\, III, II, I, Prairie Ill Cockatoo The Rose-Breasted IV Comedy and Tragedy in Bird Life 910 423 681 III 444 • ' ' Communion Coot, The V V * The, Double-Crested *Cowbird, The Ill The Sandhill Ill The Whooping IV *Creeper, Brown Ill Yellow-Billed V IV IV 582 399 784-* 375 394 168 *Gadwall, The The * 789 ^i^Gallinule, The * 857 793 492 726 856 The 825 Florida IV II 223 Purple II Welcome the Birds 417 Ill Geographical Distribution of Birds IV 598 424 Glow-Worm and Mockingbird Ill ^ Gnatcatchers The • Go to the Birds, 421 Ill Thou Sluggard III V 97 667 II 210 790 l 856 V 847 843 The Nest V Goose, The Blue V The Canada II * The Canada Ill The Snow V The White-Fronted IT * The White-Fronted IV ^Goshawk, The American HI * 791 • 625-748 V Own Way IV » 838* 858 Godwit, The Hudsonian 236 The Marbled IV 900 • * The Marbled *Golden-Eye, The 645 The Barrow's V 208 834^ *Goldfinch, The I The V 708 The Arkansas Ill 275 V 725-750 V V Getting Ready to 729 V Nest » 876 • 766 V 557 III 526 * 634 934 II V ' 619 Ruddy IV Spectacled IV Red-Shafted Ill *Flycatcher, The Ash-Throated 483 IV Echo of the Heart V Economic Value of Birds Eggs of Birds IV Egret, White Protecting Eider, The King V New ; 519 Sleller's 536 The Black V The Olive-Sided V * The Scissor-Tailed Ill 24 * The Traill V 932 Food Habits of Birds IV 338 Friends of Our Forest V 906* 664 Pacific About Bird Mi- Ill *Flicker, The 842 The Bald II The Golden V Early Autumn Days IV The The The * 642 IV Early Spring v 546 *Eagle, * 397 The House Ill The House V The Purple II The Purple Ill * Harlequin Ill Wood Wood York • 609 Finch, 551 Duck, The Black Ill The Fulvous Tree IV * The Fulvous Tree V The Great Scaup V Labrador V Lesser Scaup Ring-Necked 808 223 Fifty Kinds of Birds Winter in 442 V Harlequin Interesting Facts gration 510 865 V Feeding Winter Birds II Feeding Winter Birds HI Feeding Wild Birds IV 326 II *Dovekie, The Dowitcher, The Crested in Its Feather, Cost of 617 The Hudson Ill The Long-Billed Ill Each ' Few 753 449 Ill 788 345 The American V Do Birds Have Sense Dove Not a Peace Bird V *Dove, The Mourning II * 266 *Dipper, * 44 *Curassows, The Crested *Curlew, The Eskimo Ill * : 110-119 The Wise II Cuckoo, A Study of IV Cuckoo, The Black-Billed The The The The The The The The 718 584 The White-Winged *Crow, The II * Far-Away Days IV Feathered Folks Are Worth Knowing 899» 495 * The V 299 II bia COT 450 *Crane, * English Wild Birds for British Colum- 871' 505 Ill The American IV Courtin Tarn, In De Woodlan *Cormorant, Brandts' IV ^Crossbill x 956 513 854* 736 940 • 126 877 i 844^ 549 820 785 ^' » 369 490 877% 426 580 524 •Crackle, The Bronzed * The Great-Tailed y02 •Grebe The Horned Ill * The Picd-Bilied IV Grosbeak The Black-Headc.l * * The Broad-Tailed V The kivoli V The Ruby-Throated II The Rufous * - 4.'iS * 594 * 37 The Black-I leaded Ill The Blue IV The Pine II The Rose-Breasted The Rose-Breasted V * •HumminKbird, The Black-Shinned IV 742 J4 I V Hummingbirds, The 4:!7 651 * I 133 486 V *Grousc, The Canada The Dusky II 916 * 346 The Franklin V * The Prairie Sharp-Tailed The Spruce V * The RufTcd Gull The Franklin Ill The Herring IV * The Ring-Billed II The Sea V 883 • / 430 Ill 883 / 58 549 715 to Kill Birds * The Blue The Blue HI The Blue-Fronted V * The Canada IV The California II Jays, Pacific Coast HI *Junco, The Slate-Colored The Slate-Colored V * * * * Killdeer, The 778 • 924 146 120 Red-Tailed IV Sharp-Shinned Ill Sparrow II Birds Find Their Kinglet, 75 758 353 746 665 736 941* 882 « 302 the II II 301 II 341 Ill 523 The Belted II The Golden-Crowned Lunch for Winter Lyre Bird, The 276 Loon, The II Lory, The Blue Mountain Magpie, The The IV II Mallard, The II 261 II 428 297 to Attract Birds II 328 to Go A-Birding II 257 to Study Birds • 901-948 Birds 195 \' S38» 198 836-914 • 802* 632 SSI V Lark, The Horned Longspar, The Lapland Ill Looking Toward the Light IV * 216 Back Ill Woodpecker Knows 14 897 The Ruby-Crowned II The Ruby-Crowned V Kite The Everglade V * The Swallow-Tailed IV 633 Way Home Came 511 904 • 31 438 743 248 V IV V 903 * 765 936 • 920, Birds Protect Trees II the Bluebirds 271 * Night III 517 Library May Stimulate Local Bird Study 134 How Our Birds Spend the Winter III 541 How How How How How 882^ 033 V Knot, The V * The, or Robin Snipe 552 Western Red-Tailed IV Helping the Robin to Nest IV Hen The Heath IV How How How 481 Kingfisher, 57 The Prairie V The Sage V Heron, The Black-Crowned * The Great Blue II The Great Blue V Hollyhocks, The IV 3S-41-140 3.54 Marsh Marsh V Red-Shouldered Red-Tailed 030 211 II *Jay, Kingbird, The II Haunts of Coot and Heron Ill 470 The Arkansas *Ha\vk, The American Sparrow IV 612 The Arkansas * 880' * The Broad-Winged V Cooker's 354 Used The The The The The The The The The The 164 I\' II • I Grosbeaks, The Ill 268 The White-Faced Glossy IV 616 Defense of Our heathcred Friends In 775 ' I)is, 3.14 890 848' 155 957 Martin, * The The 335 654 322 Purple Purple II HI Martyrs of the Woods IV Maytime IV Meadowlark, The The Merganser, The American V * The Hooded Ill The Red-Breasted V V 197-305 400 661 646 102-103 779 859 • " 570 860 '» Migrating Birds II Migration of Birds IV *Mockingbird Mockingbird, The IV *Mot Mot, The Mexican Ill *Murre, The Brunnich IV *Murrelet, The Marbled IV My Birds Nests, * 106-107 * Look to 426 694 634 V 803 V Ways Its Ill The Clarke's V *Nuthatch, The White-Breasted The White-Breasted V Old Head Hunter V Oriole, The Audubon II 912 V The Baltimore The Bullock's * The Golden II * The Orchard II Ornithology, Romance of 216 234 165 The Ill * 33 * * *Parrot, 270 721 644 201 482 622 Burrowing IV Great Gray HI Great Horned II 410 Hawk IV 706 Screech Snowy 744 230 82 207 II The Double Yellow Headed IV the V Sandpiper, The Pewee, The Wood The Wood V *Phalarope, The Northern * The Wilson IV * The Wilson Nest V 154 867 V 886 i 596 922 950 > 958 The The The 341 786 42-87 591 824 V ^ 794^ 807 IV V ô 705 928 133 V 925 Spotted HI 509 Spotted V Pectoral » 658 Counat% Sanderling II • 621 Robin's Song, The 342 Petrel, The Wilson's » II Our Cornrade 626 935 782 ^ 821* Robin, IV 296 » 228 the *Peacock, The II ' 939 V V To To *The Owl IV 949 189 Robin, Robin, Robin's 674 860 851 Return of the Birds Return of the Birds Road-Runner, The * The V Robin, The The IV 145-173 518 952 V 498 540 466 Red-Bird, The Redhead, The *Redstart, The II 454 Bird, The Ill *Owl, The American Barn IV * * to *Oven The Clapper V The King HI The King Nest V The Yellow IV Rail, 239 - 484 Agriculture Ill * * 96 The California HI The Gambel's HI The Merns V The Mountain V The Scaled V The Valley V Quail, » 180 Our Bird Neighbors Our Grosbeaks and Their Value * HI 875 -• 852i Osprey, The II * Belted-Piping 675 i * * The 260 *Nutcracker, Barn *Plover, ^ 312 The Black-Bellied V 884 833791 The Golden V 568 * The Snowy IV 590 * 364 The Upland II 314 147 Protect Our Migratory Birds Ill 540 783 Protection of Birds a Farm Asset IV 646 812" Ptarmigan, The White-Tailed V 776* * The Willow Ill 398 298 *Pufifin, The Tufted HI 436 867 II Nightingale and Glow-worm Night Flying Birds V The The The The The The The 771 II 174 ^Nightingale, The * 924, V Nighthawk and 290 II *Phoebe, The II Pictures of Yesterday IV Pigeon, The Band-Tailed V * The Passenger II The Passenger IV *Pintail, The IV Plea of the English Sparrow II 585 127 Abandoned *Nighthawk Our ^Pheasant, 640 Where The Golden The Impeyan V The Ring-Necked 337 Sapsucker, The Yellow-Bellied Save the Birds IV 850 II 212 757 i • » The Surf \ The Whitc-WinKL.l *Scoter •Sun 92j • •Swallow The Barn 324 II Shall \Vc Feed the Hirds? Ill '.4s Shall \Vc Kill Ilim? S.'.s Ill nation? V The Northern The Siskin * The To 710 823' 244 232 11 IV 602 Beneficial Birds and Their Pro- tection Song of 401 Ill Some Odd Bits of Some Wonders of Bird Life Sparrow V Sparrow, The English Sparrow, The IV * * * * * * * • • 731 80 • 801 a Pest 494 The The The The The The The The 635 2S3-3G6 101-173 861 • 443 56 816 » 431 153 774 7:58 178 118 103 281-336 II V Spring Birds on the Kankakee Starling The II Story of the Wren IV^ Study of Birds, The IV Summer Haunts of Birds Ill • 96-148 280 530 469 636 878 291 r.ray-Cheeked Hermit Hermit 468 Ill 310 II V S52 Russet-Backed Varied II Varied \' V a Waterfowl 256 866 Singers V Trail of Pokagon II • » 716 891-930* 653 373 Birdland Turkey The Wild 909 918 571 Toucan, The Yellow Throated Towhee, The The \rctic V The California V The California Brown \' The White-Eyed IV 761 « 170 II Tragedy 7^0- The European Crested IV The Tufted V To a Sea-Bird IV in | 161 148 874' II 652 Titmouse, The Ill To 464 893 II Wood Wood V Thrush, The Brown 628 840 V V California Thrush, The The II 627 Sparrows and Sparrows Spirit of Nature Study IV Spoonbill The Roseate III 572 Ill 722 The 300 Xs 16 The Thrasher, The Brown 2S4 II Pe()i)le, IV 543 Ill The Field IV The Fox The Harris V The House Ill The Lark The Urk V Tlie Leconte's IV The Savanna Ill The Song The Song V The Vesper The White Crowned The White Throated Spring 905 Thoughts for the Discouraged Farmer 49 The Ciiipping I\' * The Chipping II The English Sparrow, The English V The English Ill * ft.'>4 Teal The I'duc-Winged Tern The Black I The Caspian IV The Common II Thaw The Ill They Didn't Think Ill Things Divine, The IV Bird Migration II 364 the Poplar Songsters of the Skokie Sora The II * Taiiager IV V II A 483 476-566 V of •Tanager, The Scarlet RIO :tlto Snipe, The Wilson Some IV Ill Pine Skylark Our 17 846? Shrike The Loggerhead * • «22 Swan The Musical IV *Swif t The Chinuiey 440 Ill V Philippine Swallow, In Praise Shall \Vc Save the Quail from I'.xtermi- •Shoveller The The Bird The ClifT Ill The Tree Ill The N'iolet Green V Be Slaught- Shall America's Songsters ered' 92S-944 \' V 912 131 893 • 780 • 781 760 121 356 162 281 70 Utility of Birds in Nature II 89 374 My 648 Valentine, 713 Veery The 533 The 959 V Ill ' 389 84 872 • « 88 The Red-Eyed 560 The Warbling Ill 929-943' The White-Eyed V 137 The Yellow-Throated 199 Warbler, The Audubons II * 340 The Bay Breasted II * 190 The Black and White 723 The Blackburnian IV * 405 The Black-Poll Ill * 500 The Black-Throated Blue Ill The Black-Throated Green IV 717 * The Black-Throated Green V 946 * 94 The Blue-Winged * 136 The Canadian 711 The Cape May IV * 586 The Chestnut-Sided IV 747 The Connecticut IV 707 The Golden-Winged IV * 720 The Hooded IV * 686 The Kentucky IV * 556 The Magnolia Ill * 46 The Myrtle 641 The Nashville IV 693 The Northern Parula IV * 478 The Orange-Crowned Ill * 514 The Palm Ill * 536 The Parula Ill 665 The Pine IV * 688 The Prairie IV * 420 The Prothonotary Ill * 844 The Swainson's V * 673-754 The Tennessee IV * 533 The Townsend's Ill 675 The Worm-Eating IV * 870 The Worm-Eating V * 104 The Yellow 214 The Yellow II » *Waxing, The Cedar Ill The Bohemian IV *Vireo, Warblers, The Warblers, The IV *Water-Thrust, The Louisiana Ill The Northern IV 85 659 422 746 427-460 * * We Thank Thee 676 40 What Bird Life Means to Us Ill *Wheatear, The IV When Comes II Where the Black Tern Builds Whip-Poor-Will, The II *Whip-Poor-Will Time II Widgeon, The European V *Willett, The Western IV Winter Birds IV Winter Birds V Wisconsin Bird Convention II Sir Oriole Woodcock, The IV Woodpecker, The California The California V * The Downy The Green V The Hairy II The Pileated IV The Red-Headed * * * * Woodpecker V *Wren, The Bewick's * The House The House V * * Wren ' 321 II 347 240 243 841 660 739 772 292 714 188 >— 813 370 662 66 896 V 806 Ill 452 372 279 V V 790^ 855 608 538 IV Yellow-Throat, The Maryland * The Maryland II The Maryland V Your Bird Friends IV * 960 The I 238 II IV Yellowhead, The \ • 78 884-894 *Yellow-Legs, The Ill » « 112 Family, The II Wren, Little Brown Wren, To a Wood's 712 8144 The Long-Billed Marsh The Short-Billed Marsh The Winter II * 516 • 696 Greater 137 362 787-869 678 \ ... short and square and is not used in climbing not so strong as that of the Woodpeckers, yet in removing insects' and While the a very effective instru- eggs and larvae from crevices in the bark, and. .. back, and finally putting both hands beneath her raised her gently off the nest and placed her on the sion in the ground, lined with a ; and pecked my hands like a setting hen and on being few... holes and crannies The feet liave two toes in front and two behind, fitted for chnjijing They neer perch, in the trne sense of the word, as birds that have three toes in frf)nt and one behind