The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1895-06-12

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be known " his pinkish bill, generally
pInlish color and beautiful song The
nests Of The two ale much alike: but
the eggs Of the former are greenish-
blue dotted with black. while those of
| the latter are nearly white, with lilac,
brown and reddish spots
For d number Of years the bird low
| ing people of the United States have
been fearing lest the beautiful Balti-
more Oriole besome extinct because Of
the wholesale slaughter Of these birds
which is carried on for the sake Of
their bright orange-and- black plum
age which is used for millinery pur-
| poses. Ia some places this bird has
been almost entirely destroyed. Any
one who has the least portion Of love
for nature must atfonee see the barbar-
| ity Of the fashion which has threat
/ eded to cause the extinction Of one Of
the most beautiful and musical
birds. Fortunately we are not the losers.
These Orioles are more common on
onr campus than they were last year.
A pair have their hanging nest in the
large sycamore tree which stands near
the walk leading to the Preparatory
Building Orchard Orioles are very
common arr The fourth OF fifth Of
May This species is not SO highly
colored as its cousin, Lord Baltimore's
/ name sake.
A little, shy, slate-colore bird may
be seen every day in the naples! This
lis the only represents tive Of the Vireo
/ family which / have seen on the cam
pus. The Warblfng Vireo is the most
1 sociabls member of this family, and
/ does not hesitate to come into our
towns and pour forth its rich music
from morning till night. TITS rare in
the rural districts being replaced by
j the Red-eyed and other members of
this group.
81 The Yellow and Myrtle Warblers
are the only common members Of, the
Warbler family. A Myrtle Warbler
/ (Dendroica coronatay was seen one
morning in the early part of the period
LOT three or four weeks during which
1.-The great waves Of millions of these
birds pass northWard on their noctur-
81 nal migrations. This little bird was
II I'M full song. The Yellow Warbler
may be seen at almost any time from
April 18th till September. While
many of the species Of this family do
not stop in such an open place as our
campus is, yet they may be found by
going a short distance from town.
Birds of almost indescrib able tints and
colors may be seen while studying the
Warbler family The Blackburnian
Warbler has been called Prometheus
because it could have gotten its beau
| tiful fame-colored plumage from NO
II other source than Heaven. Itdid not
steal its fiery color though, as the Gre
A clan did. E, .
s4On May fa,trth, j was, surprised to
i find the rare Worm ting Warbler in
the deep rayine near Mechanical Hall.
Many other birds may be seen on
the grounds every day, which will af-
4 ford a most delightful source. OF study
/ and pleasure to any one who will take
the time to observe, for a few hours,
the things which are around him.
The following is a list of birds which
have been observed near the uniyer-
sity
American Goldffnch, American Red
start, American Robin, Baltimore
EOriole, Barn Swallow, Belted King
fisher, Black billed Cuckoo, Bluebird,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue Jay, Cam
ada Goose, Cape May Warbler, Cardi.
nal, Carolina Wren, Cat. Bird, Cedar
bird, Chestngt-sided Warbler, Che
wink, Carolina Chickadee, Chimney
Swift, Chipping Sparrow, Cow Bird,
/ Grow, DoWny Woodpecker, English
Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Flicker, Gold
en-erested Kinglet, Hairy Woodpecker,
Killdeer, King Bird, Maryland Vel
low threat, Meadow Lark, Mourning
Dove, Myrtle Warbler Night Hawk,
Orchard Oriole, Phoebe, Purple
Grackle. Purple Martin, Red billed
Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbird,
Ruby-croWned Kinglet. Ruby throated
Humming bird. Snow Bird, Song
Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Warbling
Vireo, White breasted Nutthatcl1,
White throated Sparrow, Wood Pewee,
Worm eating Warbler, Yellow War
bier.
This list is arranged alphabetically,
| without an effort to make proper
classification. AfeW birds are men
toned which pass over, during migra-
| tion, il the day time.
Careful study would probably dis