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tli*oiae)9t([ | pf[)i;pn^Hiji)ictl .and: carryiipfti 

 ^Bl one of the young-ooroderour some-of .the-. 

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. 

 t sure fta 



; pr<?dTici ng . ; a JMKQ.S t-; any . . -kin* tuo> 

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ck>:onifyie fRsrilJaiTi/haEsh 



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edfeble -i$>: food ' -for: them 

 ies, j fruits, tnsects: or> 

 a> niaoria for .hLdinjg 

 in fl6)d.-flf'ayt object i 

 that, Attracts tiieij'ifancy. They breed 

 only sin tyoujig' coniferous 



3nib9TQE 



tsfl.-^ yfi; -snihKO' 'i '[* ",991- 



of the foster parents. These young Cowbirds are so large 

 and require so much food-'i9Hit H*W g^W'M^iffiW 



quantities of 



'BHe v/ fni a ie- is a uniform dull 2 ra^ jf tfut M tfie Wale 



wfth ! Coffee-colored 



d' head 1 and glossy black bqdyV 



the bird world. In spring and summer the male is clothed 

 in black and handsomely marked with white -and buff on tlj'^ 1 

 head and back. He is also one , of the jolliest of birds, 

 singing his tinkling, rippling, bubbling soil g f r'onr'the .tree. 

 tops, from fence posts, tall weeds 'or blades of grass, or 

 rising, lark-fashion, and singing as lie descends to earth 

 oft set wings. In fall, he changes his dress to a sparrow- 

 like one, just like that of his mate; no more is the lively, 

 entrancing song to be heard, only a sharp metallic "chink" 

 as a call note or sound of alarm. They gather into large 

 flocks and^ttiOre southward and ard then known in the Chesa- 

 peake Bay region only as "Reed-birds"', thousands of them 

 being shot and sold in markets and served in restaurants 

 under that name. Farther south, along the South Atlantic 

 ie' are known ^ "ftice-fclra^'f^'f'^ 1 



