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Title: Bird Children: The Little Playmates of the Flower Children

Author: Elizabeth Gordon

Illustrator: M. T. Ross

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Bird Children

The Little Playmates

of the Flower Children

Bird

Children

The Little Playmates

of the Flower Children

By

Elizabeth Gordon

Drawings by

M.T.Ross

Published by

P.F.Volland & Company

Chicago

Copyright 1912

P. F. Volland & Company

All Rights Reserved

Sixth Edition

To all children who love Birds and Flowers, and especially to my little friend Dorothy Virginia, this book is lovingly dedicated.

FOREWORD

IRDS are only another expression of God’s love, and we are told that not even a sparrow shall fall to the ground without the notice of the Father.

Birds are poetry come to life and set to music. If you should stand at the edge of a forest at sundown and hear the birds singing their good-night songs, hear the sleepy little notes grow fainter and fainter until the silence came,—then when the dusk had deepened, you should hear the night birds begin their plaintive songs, you would realize what a different place our beautiful world would be without birds.

Even in great cities we have always some birds. The saucy little sparrow, who comes so boldly begging crumbs at your window, likes the cities best.

Only very thoughtless people, or those who do not understand, would harm or frighten a bird.

They are real little people, and I am sure that when you have come to know them you will love them as much as you have learned to love the Flower Children.

The publishers and the author have received so many letters from parents commending Flower Children for its instructive features, and from children, demanding “more” delightful play-mates, that they offer “Bird Brothers and Sisters,” believing that “The little playmates of the Flower Children” will prove as welcome visitors as “The Little Cousins of the Fields and Garden.”

The author and the artist wish to thank the children for their many expressions of interest and for their loyal support.

ELIZABETH GORDON

M. T. ROSS

S  IR ROOSTER is a noisy chap,

He wakes you from your morning nap;

He sleeps but little all night through,

Crows at eleven, one and two.

11

M  RS. HEN, the kind old dame,

Always dresses just the same;

She talks all day about her joys

And lays nice eggs for girls and boys.

12

S  AID GUINEA HEN: “I like to eat

Three-cornered grains of nice buckwheat;

I only want good, simple food

To feed my Huffy little brood.”

13

D  EAR little, downy GOSLING said:

“I can’t get learning through my head;

I really don’t see what’s the use—

When I grow up I’ll be a goose.”

14

S  AID FATHER GOOSE: “I think I ’ll take

A stroll this morning to the lake.”

MOTHER GOOSE said: "Then I ’ll go, too,

And maybe take a swim with you.”

15

S  AID YELLOW DUCKLING to his brother:

“Come on, let’s hide away from mother,”

But he replied: “Oh, dear me, No!

We’d better not, she’d worry so.”

16

“H  ONK-HONK, Honk-honk,” old SNOW GOOSE said,

“I think tonight we ’ll go to bed

A hundred miles due south from here,—

The snow is on the way, I fear.”

17

I N SHALLOW water MALLARD DUCK

At fishing sometimes tries his luck;

At other times he thinks it’s nice

To nibble at the sweet wild rice.

18

M  ADAM SWAN’S a graceful lady,

Likes to float where banks are shady;

When Father Swan goes out to swim

He takes the cygnets out with him.

19

G  OLDEN PHEASANT took a notion

To take a trip across the ocean,

Got a nice room at the zoo

And said he’d stay a year or two.

20

T  AKING his family for a walk

We see old Mr. TURKEY COCK;

He dresses up in colors gay,—

His wife wears quiet tones of gray.

21

O  LD DOCTOR STORK, the kind old bird,

Brings the new babies, I have heard;

If you should ask him, he may bring

You one to keep, beneath his wing.

22

S  IR ROOK is English, don’t you know?

Says: “Do not confound me with the Crow.”

His family tree is large and old,

Which makes his manner proud and cold.

23

P  ARADISE BIRD, in her new clothes,

Said: “They’re expensive, goodness knows!

I ’spose, because they were so dear,

I ’ll have to wear them all this year.”

(Red Paradise Bird)

24

P  EACOCK’S a bird of much renown

And wears a lovely cap and gown;

They say he’s very, very vain

And likes to show his sweeping train.

25

S  AID NIGHTINGALE: “It’s not my way

To practice singing in the day,

But wait till all the rest are through

And I will gladly sing for you.”

26

C  ANARY-BIRD said to his mother:

“Is that bird in the tree my brother?”

Mama Canary said: “Oh, no!

He’s just a cousin—wild, you know.”

27

O  RIOLE, flashing wings of flame,

In the spring like sunshine came,

Hung his nest away up high

So his babes could see the sky.

(Orchard Oriole)

28

B  ALTIMORE ORIOLE, pretty thing,

Builds his nest of bits of string;

He’s sociable and likes to stay

Where people live and children play.

29

M  EADOW LARK has a flute-like voice,

Sings a song that’s very choice;

Builds his nest low, near the ground,

With woven grasses arched around.

30

B  LACK, solemn-looking Mr. CROW

Steals the good farmer’s corn, you know;

If you ask why he breaks the laws,

He answers, wisely: “Caws, caws, caws.”

31

F  RIENDLY little CHICKADEE

Is just as cunning as can be;

Upon your window-sill he ’ll come

And thank you kindly for a crumb.

32

C  ARDINAL BIRD wears vivid red,

He’s very amiable, ’tis said;

He likes fresh fruits and seeds to eat

And has a song that’s very sweet.

33

M  AGPIE’S a gossip—that’s the truth—

A naughty, disobedient youth;

We must not judge him, but suppose

He does the very best he knows.

34

G  REAT BLUE HERON likes to fly,

And so he builds his house up high,

Way in the tops of tallest trees

Where he lives, happy as you please.

35

B  OB-O-LINK, among the clover,

Tells his name over and over;

He doesn’t stay North very long

And when he goes we miss his song.

36

I NDIGO BUNTING comes in May,

Saying cheerfully: “I’m here to stay.”

He’s a nice, friendly little thing,

Willing at any time to sing.

37

E  AGLE has piercing yellow eyes,

He’s very strong and very wise;

He’s king and master over all

The other birds, both great and small.

(Golden Eagle)

38

T  URKEY BUZZARD, on the wing,

Is a most graceful-looking thing;

Like scavengers, who come each day,

He does much good in his own way.

39

V  ERMILION FLYCATCHER’S a beauty,

You’ll always find him right on duty;

Searches for food early and late,

Bringing it to his pink-clothed mate.

40

Y  ELLOW WARBLER comes to stay

Along about the first of May;

He likes to live by pond or rill

And builds his nest with care and skill.

41

C  URLEW runs along the shore,

To him, perhaps, it’s like a floor;

Whistle, and he will answer you

Something like this: “Kerloo, Kerloo.”

(Long-Billed Curlew)

42

S  IR PARTRIDGE is a drummer bold,

You’ll hear him drum when days are cold.

He says the nicest things to eat

Are red thorn apples, ripe and sweet.

(Ruffed Grouse)

43

T  HE SNOWY HERON’S used to be

A very fine, large family;

I tell you this with great regret:

Men hunt the birds their plumes to get.

44

S  AID KING-FISHER: "The choicest dish

I know of is a fresh caught fish;

I love to fish, and, if you’ll wait,

I’ll get you some—I need no bait.”

45

B  ROWN THRASHER is a cheerful bird,

His sweet, clear carol may be heard

All through the pleasant summer day;

We’re sorry when he goes away.

46

S  AID GOLDFINCH: “I believe in weeds;

I live all winter on the seeds;

In my snug coat of black and gold

I really do not feel the cold.”

47

“C  HEER UP, cheer up, it’s going to rain,”

Sang plump SIR ROBIN, “but ’tis plain

We need some moisture for the ground,

So dinners may be better found.”

48

F  LITTING ’round the swimming pool,

Where the air is nice and cool,

Red-winged BLACK-BIRD sings in glee:

“Gloogle-ee, Gloogle-ee-e.”

49

Q  UAIL sings a song of sheer delight:

“Bob White, Bob White, Bob-Bob-Bob White.”

I wonder who Bob White may be

To whom he calls so merrily.

50

K  ING-BIRD, like some other boys,

Likes to make a lot of noise;

He’s a bit boisterous in play

And sometimes quarrelsome, they say.

51

C  ATBIRD is good at imitations,

He mimics all his small relations;

And, safely perched upon a bough,

He imitates the cat’s “Me-ow.”

52

S  AID PURPLE MARTIN to his lady:

“Here’s a house all cool and shady;

I surely am a lucky swallow—

This beats my building plans all hollow.”

53

“C  HE-WEE, che-wee, che-wee-che-wee,”

Said REDSTART, “Will you look at me?

I do not sing so well by note

But see my black and orange coat!”

(American Redstart)

54

W  ITH a flash of bright-hued wing,

BLUEBIRD comes to say it’s spring;

Sets about to build his nest

Upon the tree which suits him best.

55

L ITTLE SIR SCREECH OWL and his wife

Live such a cheerful, useful life;

They nest among the apple trees,

Saying: “May we eat the bugs here, please?”

56

“W  HO, WHO, who, who?” asks SIR BARN OWL,

When he comes out at dusk to prowl;

He has great shiny yellow eyes,

And looks so very, very wise.

57

O  STRICH’S cousin, CASSOWARY,

Wears a coat peculiar, very;

It’s half like feathers, half like hair,—

There’s not one like it anywhere.

58

O  STRICH grows to be immense

But has so very little sense,

For when an enemy’s at hand

He covers up his head with sand.

59

S  AID PENGUIN, pensively, one day:

“Come, fishie dear, come out and play,”

But fishie answered, in a fright:

“I ’ve heard about your appetite.”

60

A  LBATROSS has wings so strong

That he could fly the whole day long;

But if he’s tired, he can float

Upon the waves, just like a boat.

61

T  HE dainty MISSES PARRAKEET

A Dress all in green and look so sweet;

From South America they came

And “Love Bird” is their other name.

(Red-Faced Lovebirds)

62

H  UMMING BIRD, the dainty thing,

Has no voice and cannot sing,

He lives daintily, and sips

Honey from the flowers’ lips.

(Ruby Throated Humming Bird)

63

H  ERE’s a good joke about SPOONBILL:

Never had hair and never will;

His head is absolutely bare,—

He’s happy though—he doesn’t care.

(Roseate Spoonbill)

64

M  ADAME IBIS, stately bird,

Stands and thinks without a word;

She can’t forget that long ago

She was a sort of queen, you know.

(Scarlet Ibis)

65

S  ANDPIPER lives beside the water

With her little son and daughter;

Shows the cunning little brood

Exactly where to look for food.

(Least Sandpiper)

66

S  AID STORMY PETREL: “This is fine!

I do enjoy the gale called ‘line’;

No matter how the storm may thicken

It just suits ‘Mother Carey’s Chicken.’”

67

S  AID fussy MADAM COCKATOO:

“I always find enough to do;

I’m such a busy, useful dame,

I know these folks are glad I came.”

68

P  ARROT’S a very wise old bird,

She can speak English well, I’ve heard;

Laughs and says in manner jolly:

“Have you a cracker for Miss Polly? ”

(Gray Parrot)

69

A   DREADFUL thief is old BLUE JAY,

He robs the other birds, they say;

He wears a handsome suit of blue,

And calls a gay “Good-day” to you.

70

S  PARROW’S an Englishman, I’m told,

His manners are both rude and bold;

Other birds wish he’d go away,

But he says: “No, I’ve come to stay.”

71

A  T EVENING, when the world is still,

Mournfully sings the WHIP-POOR-WILL

In his brown suit, all trimmed with white,

He slips so softly through the night.

72

E  AVE SWALLOW, in his nest of clay,

Always has lots of things to say;

He and his brothers often race,

Catching the insects ’round the place.

73

S  EA DOVE, sometimes called “Little Auk,”

Flies very little, likes to walk;

He wears a coat of feathers warm

And doesn’t seem to mind the storm.

74

L  OON is a fearless diver bold,

He does n’t mind the heat or cold;

He dives and swims—oh, very far,

And then bobs up and laughs “Ha-Ha!”

75

M  OCKING BIRD is very clever,

Uses her own notes hardly ever,

But saucily sings bits of song

Which to the other birds belong.

76

“O   DEAR, dear me!” WOOD-PECKER said,

“The birds all shout at me, ‘Redhead’;

It makes me feel so very sad,

No wonder that my temper’s bad!”

77

T  O SAVE his little home from harm,

CRESTED FLYCATCHER has a charm:

He finds and places in his nest

A piece of Mr. Snake’s old vest.

78

I VORY-BILLED WOODPECKER SAID: “Dear me!

They’re cutting down my family tree;

Where can I live, I’d like to know,

If men will spoil the forest so?”

79

N  IGHT HAWK is lazy, sleeps all day,

And then comes out at night to play;

He always wears his evening clothes

And when it’s daylight, home he goes.

80

B  ARN SWALLOW is a graceful thing,

Catches his food upon the wing;

Perhaps that’s why he is so fond

Of skimming lightly o ’er the pond.

81

L AUGHING GULL seems free from care,

He’s always laughing everywhere;

He never tells what it’s about

And no one yet has found it out.

82

S  TARLING’S a pretty little dear,

He lives in Europe, too, we hear;

The folks in Ireland, so we’re told,

Think that he’s worth his weight in gold.

83

S  AID busy little JENNY WREN:

“I like to live where there are men;

I come each year to the same place

So I can see some friendly face.”

84

M  OURNING DOVE is very sweet,

She likes nice grains and seeds to eat;

In her soft voice she calls: “Coo, coo,”

Which means in Dove talk, “I love you.”

85

R  ED-SHAFTED FLICKER hops around,

Eating the ants upon the ground;

He builds in any hollow tree

Where he’s as snug as snug can be.

86

G  REEN JAY lives in Rio Grande,

A member of a robber band;

He’s very beautiful, but oh!

We wish he would n’t plunder so!

87

C  OW-BIRD is lazy, sad to say,

She lives in quite a selfish way;

She’s neither pretty nor polite

And never tries to do what’s right.

88

C  UCKOO’S a quiet, useful bird,

He eats the naughty worms, I’ve heard,

And from the woods he calls to you

His simple song:—“ Cuckoo, cuckoo.”

89

T  HE SNOW BIRD said: “Let’s have some fun,

The storm is over—there’s the sun.”

He rolled and tumbled in the snow,

Like other little ones you know.

(Snow-Flake)

90

U  NDER a bridge, where all day long

The brooklet sings its happy song,

PHOEBE BIRD builds her nest of clay

To which she comes each year to stay.

91

S  CARLET FLAMINGO said: “Just think!

I really thought this gown was pink,

But when you see it in this light,

It’s red—I fear it’s rather bright.”

92

H  ERE is old MR. PELICAN,

He is a famous fisherman;

Said he: “I do not mind wet feet

If I catch fish enough to eat.”

93

P  UFFIN walks better than he flies,

He has red feet and queer white eyes;

He’s such a funny little fellow

With his great beak of red and yellow.

(Sea Parrot)

94

L YRE BIRD’S an Australian child,

She lives in lonely places wild,

And builds upon the rocky ground

The queerest nest which can be found.

95

INDEX

Albatross 61

Magpie 34

American Redstart 54

Mallard Duck 18

Baltimore Oriole 29

Meadow Lark 30

Barn Owl 57

Mocking Bird 76

Barn Swallow 81

Mourning Dove 85

Black-Bird 49

Night Hawk 80

Blue Heron 35

Nightingale 26

Blue Jay 70

Orchard Oriole 28

Bluebird 55

Ostrich 59

Bob-o-Link 36

Parrakeet (Red Faced Love Bird) 62

Brown Thrasher 46

Partridge (Ruffed Grouse) 43

Canary Bird 27

Peacock 25

Cardinal Bird 33

Pelican 93

Cassowary 58

Penguin 60

Catbird 52

Phoebe Bird 91

Chickadee 32

Puffin 94

Cockatoo 68

Purple Martin 53

Cow-Bird 88

Quail 50

Crested Flycatcher 78

Red Paradise Bird 24

Crow 31

Red-Shafted Flicker 86

Cuckoo 89

Robin 48

Duckling 16

Rook 23

Eave Swallow 73

Rooster 11

Golden Eagle 38

Roseate Spoonbill 64

Golden Pheasant 20

Ruby-Throated Humming Bird 63

Goldfinch 47

Scarlet Flamingo 92

Goose 15

Scarlet Ibis 65

Gosling 14

Screech Owl 56

Gray Parrot 69

Sea Dove 74

Green Jay 87

Snow Bird (Snow Flake) 90

Guinea Hen 13

Snow Goose 17

Hen 12

Snowy Heron 44

Indigo Bunting 37

Sparrow 71

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 79

Starling 83

Jenny Wren 84

Stork 22

King Bird 51

Stormy Petrel 67

King Fisher 45

Swan 19

Laughing Gull 82

Turkey 21

Least Sandpiper 66

Turkey Buzzard 39

Long-Billed Curlew 42

Vermilion Flycatcher 40

Loon 75

Whip-Poor-Will 72

Lyre Bird 95

Wood-Pecker 77

Yellow Warbler 41

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