CHAT, YELLOW-BREASTED 



If classification were based on character, the chat would 



surely be placed in a family by itself If you 



will conceal yourself near his home, you may see him 

 deliver part of his repertoire while on the wing, with legs 

 dangling, wings and tail napping, and his whole appearance 

 suggesting that of a bird who has had an unfortunate 

 encounter with a charge of shot. 



CHAPMAN. Bird Life. 22 



Now he barks like a puppy, then quacks like a duck, 

 then rattles like a kingfisher, then squalls like a fox, then 

 caws like a crow, then mews like a cat . . . C-r-r-r-r-r 

 whrr, that's it, chee, quack, cluck ,yit-yit-yit, now 

 hit it, tr-r-r-r, when, caw, caw, cut, cut, tea-boy, 

 who, who, mew, mew. 



BURROUGHS. Wake Robin. 6 



This is surely the clown among birds He has 



the habit of singing .... on moonlight nights. 



NELTJE BLANCHAN. Bird Neighbors. 23 



CEDAR-BIRD. CEDAR WAXWING 



"The prince of feathered beaux." 



These birds are singularly gentle and refined; soft of 

 voice as they are of color, their plumage suggesting a fine 

 Japanese water-color painting on silk, with its beautiful 

 sheen and exquisitely blended tints. 



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