LAND BIRDS 



FAMILY TURDID^E 

 1. BLUEBIRD (Sialia sialis.} 



Upper parts bright blue ; under parts chestnut, shading into white 

 on the belly. Beak rather long and slender, black ; feet black. 

 Bird a little larger than a sparrow. Sexes alike, but female 

 duller. 



THIS best loved of all our birds may be found 



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in orchards and gardens, in the neighborhood of 

 dwellings, and among scattered trees. A favorite 

 perch is a fence-post. 



bluebird, shifting his light load of song, 

 From post to post along the cheerless fence. 



LOWELL. 



It is one of our earliest spring visitors, coming in 

 early March, or sometimes even in February, and 

 tarrying until November, while a few may winter in 

 sheltered places. Its familiar, confiding ways and 

 conspicuous coloring make it almost as well known 

 as the robin. 



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