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Show Plumage of the Bluebird. H Of tho malo bluebird Thoreau said: H "Ho carries tho sky on his back." To K this John Burroughs addod, "and tho H earth on his breast." Tho bird's back, Hj wings nnd tall, chin and throat aro a H vivid bluo, whllo his breast nnd flanks, H aro a chestnut brown and IiIh abdomen a dirty white Tho fomalo Is very I much duller in coloring, often having a reddish tono that extends from tho I mlddlo of tho back ovor tho shouldor. I Tho Somlnolo Indians say that tho malo bluoblrd onco flow so high that I his back rubbed against tho sky, I which imparted to hi in Its own azuro I tint. Returning to earth, his wife so I admired his new coat thnt sho deter- I mined to havo a llko ono for herself I, and tho next morning flow away to B get It; but tho day proving somowhat lj cloudy, tho color given to hor dross li was not so brilliant as was that ro- I colvod by hor mate. H |