The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
MY BIRD FRIENDS.
They Have Not Forgotten How to Care
for Their Young.

They Have Not Forgotten How to Care
for Their Young.
Several newspaper correspondents
have recently spoken Of The birds ADAM
doning their young. That is not the
case with the birds have observed in
our garden. So far aa 1 have noticed.
the parent birds care we'll for their little
ones.
In the La Marque rose bush that
nearly reaches the roof of our house are
TWO nests In wnicn birds have been
Matched this spring. In one of them.
which ia just below the second story
window. in a very sheltered SPOT.
several families have lived and grown.
The parent birds, linnets, have Matched
little ones twice this year. Their eggs
are of delicate green color and are i've
in number.
The other nest is in plain sight, but it
10 go high that we cannot see in It easily.
did manage to look into it once and
saw five little eggs similar TO those in
the other neat.
On our summer house, about eight
feet above the ground, is another nest
we'll hidden in a honeysuckle vine, with
five eggs in it. Their color is white
with brown specks and little stresks
grouped at the larger end. The parent
birds look much alike and have gray
breasts and brown wings and tails tipped
with black. They also have red and
white stripes on their heads like those
on the little snowbrds. If any OF tho
readers of this article know the name OF
these birds, l ehould like to have them
write and tell me.
Under the caves OF the eastern porch.
in u jessamine vine, are two nests. l
did not see the birds of one OF the nests
until they were able to fly. The trim
little gray and brown birds are very
active. l do not know their names.
Very young birdlings are in the other
nest, but it is difficult to get at and | |
cannot tell what they are, and while the /
parent birds look very similar to the |
other linnets, the nest is quite long and
differently shaped from other linnets
nests.
In honeysuckle vine which climbs a
high fence is another nest. The first | |
knew OF that home was when the cat !
c,rried away three OF the little birds.
Oae was left but it died the next day,
and We buried it. | never had chance |
to examine the mother OF those birds.
There are several old nests in our gar
den which are deserted. The last and |
previous years, the birds seemed more
inclined to build their homes in fruit |
trees-pe ach, pear, pomegranste and nee.
tarine, but thls year | nave not succeed
ed In finding one meet in any OF the trees
OF our garden. The nests are composed |
largely OF horsehar, string, threads,
twigs. etc. A short time ago | saw a
linnet perched on a rope stretched from
the house to the willow tree, srS. peck
ing away at the fbers of the rope where
a knot was tied and the rope unraveled.
The bird soon flew to its nest with a
beak full OF the threads.
Many other birds, such as wild cana
ries, red oreasts. black birds, humming
birds, etc, who have no homes IN our
garden, fly about among the trees and
flowers. The birds sing very sweetiy,
and some OF them are inclined to bs go.
cable and sing more readily when we
are out in the garden near them. Ole
in particular, q mocking bird, that al
ways perches on our unused chimney,
sings . long. sweet and varied song.
Occasionally large birds with bsauti-
full plumage visit our garden, but do not
remain long enough to become acoualnt-
ed. STELLA KNIGHT.
l have two little grandchildren who
are teething this hot summer weather
and are troubled with bowel complaint.
give them hamberlain's Collie, Chole-
"a and Diarrhea Remedy, and it acts
like charm. earnestly recommend
Il for children with bowel troubles. |
was myself taken with severe attack
of bloody tiux, with cramps and pains
10 my stomach, one-third of bottle Of
This remedy cured me. Within twenty
our hours was out OF bed and doing
ny housework. Mrs. W. L. Dunagan,
Bon-aqua, Hickman county, Tenn. For
Iale by OF K Vaughn. Fourth and
Spring; G. F. Heinzeman, 222 North
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