Image: The first book of birds; (1899) (14753244504)

Description: Scarlet Tanager Identifier: firstbookofbirds00mill (find matches) Title: The first book of birds; Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Miller, Harriet Mann, 1831-1918 Subjects: Birds Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS 75 what birds live in a place, he can bring them allaround him by making a sound like a youngbird in distress. All who hear it will come tosee what is the matter. Let me tell you a story of some young swal-lows. They were able to fly a little, and weresitting together on a roof, when a lady whowas watchinof them noticed that one of themseemed to be weak, and not able to stand up. When the parents came with food, the othersstood up and opened their mouths, and so werefed, but this little one hardly ever got a morsel. If birds had no love for each other, as manypeople think, these strong little ones would nothave cared if their brother did starve; but whatdid the lady see ? She says that two of thestrong young swallows came close up to theirweak brother, one on each side. They put theirbeaks under his breast and lifted him up on tohis legs, and then crowded so close against himthat their little bodies propped him up, and heldhim there; so that he had his chance of Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The first book of birds; (1899) (14753244504)
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