Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-08
FOR THE CHILDREN
Keokuk Junior, Madeline
Flo Brown, Writes to
The Junior

Inc junior
Dear Editor:
am a little girl from Keokuk. This
is my first letter to the Junior.
go to the Lincoln school. am In
the fifth room 1-5 grade. My teachers
name is Miss Mabel Wilbur and our
principal Is Miss Louise Helwig. like
them very much. I have three sisters
them,
I will now tell what / know about
birds
The Carolina paroquet. The nests
are supposed to be in hollow trees,
where they lay from three to Ave white
found In southern Texas, along the Rio
Grande. A large number Of them will
unite from one large nest The eggs
are bluish-gr covered with white
chalky deposit. The Belted Kingfisher
may be found near ponds. lakes or riv-
er and sea sides. The food is entirely OF
fish. The note is a very hard loud rat
tie, easily heard half mile away on
clear day. The eggs are glossy white
and are laid upon the sand. The Amer
lean three-toed woodpecker. Their
note Is shrill loud Shrek sometimes
repeated. Their eggs are white.
The white throated Swift is the most
graceful Of all winged creatures. It's
note is loud shrill twittering uttered
chiefly while on wing. Their eggs are
white. The ruby throated humming bird
Is found in flower gardens. In June two
nice white eggs are laid. The verm1lllon
Flycatcher. The female with only a
slight tinge Of pink where the male IS
brilliant vermillion. This bird Is the
most gorgeously plumaged species OF
saddled on limbs Of a tree composed OF
small twigs and vegetable fbres close
ly fitted together. Their eggs are
creamy bun color and bold spots OF
brown and lilac. The Horned Lark. 1t
is found west Of the Mississippi river
Their nest is a hollow In the ground
lined with grass. The alarm note and
called a whistle "tseet," "tseet.' They
lay from three to five eggs, grayish
ground color and blotched with gray
and brownish. The white winged cross
bill male, rosy; female, with yellowish.
They usually keep by themselves. This
nesting habits Of this species are like
those Of other crossbills. The eggs are
different in being slightly larger and in
having the markings Of more blotchy
character. The painted bunting male.
They are found in thickets. Their nest
OF grass, leaves, strips Of bark and
rootlets compactly compressed ana
woven together. The eggs are whitish,
speokled and blotched with reddish
brown. The scarlet Tanager has a scar
let body. black wings and tail, IN in.
in hight. The Cardinal IL red. darker
above. crested black face; In.
Summer Tanager, rosy-red; white
wing and tail slightly darker; ~ in.
white winged crossbill, rosy red white
wing bars; crossed bill; inches. Pine
Grosbeak: rosy red, gray back, wings
and tail darker, stout bill, sh inches.
Maryland Yellowthroat, yellow below,
green back, black mask. Brick-red,
wings and tall darker, cross bill, in.
Purple Finch. purplish red, streaked
with darker; darker wings and tail;
painted bunting, red below; blue head;
patch on crown. greenish back, Az in.
Redpoll, red cap, black chin. rosy
breast, streaked. Rose breasted gross
beak, pink breast and under wings;
black head and back. Humming bird,
ruby throat. metallic green back, tiny
bird. Scissor tailed Flycatcher; orange
red under wings and patch on crown;
long forked tail.
Baltimore oriole, orange, black head,
wings and tail, marked with yellow.
Blackburnian Warbler, orange breast.
white back, wings and tail. Kinglet, or
ange crown patch. edge with black,
green back, about inches. Redstart.
orange on sides. wings and tail. black
above. Ovenbird. orange brown crown
edged with black, green back, spotted
breast. Indigo bunting, blue, shading to
purplish on head. Blue Grosbeak, blue.
Blue bird, blue above, brownish
collar, bar on wing and tail (also
white) Cerulean warbler; pale blue
above and streak below: white on
wing and tail. Black throated Blue
Warbler, dark above, black throat and
sides, white on wing. Lazuli Bunting,
light blue head and back. brown breast,
51s inches. Mourning Warbler, yellow
below, gray head and breast. Wren,
small brown birds with barred wings
and tail Cuckoos, uniform brown
above, gray below; long broad tail.
Brown thrasher, bright reddish, brown
above, spotted breast, orchard oriole.
brown body, black head, wings and
tail. Robin, redish brown breast. slate
back, dark head Brown creeper, streak
ed brown and white, curved bill. climbs
up trees. Waxwing, brownish gray.
yellow tip to tail, black through the
eye. Towhee, brown sides, black head.
throat and back, white on wing and
tall Dickcissel brown shoulder, yellow
breast patch, black on throat. Vesper
sparrow, brown shoulder, streak above,
white outer tail feathers. McCown
Longspur, brown shoulder, black cap
and patch on breast. chestnut colored
Longspur, brown nape, black breast
and cap, light throat.
Chickadee, black crown and throat,
gray back, in. Juneo, slate lead,
breast, white and outer tail feathers,
white throated sparrow. white throat,
gray breast, crown striped, black and
white White crowned sparrow, large
white crown patch, eggs with black,
light below. Bob-o'-link, black body,