

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">How did cranes come to symbolize
matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that would not go
inside Noah^s Ark?</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Birds and bird imagery are
integral parts of our language and culture. With her remarkable ability to dig
up curious and captivating facts, Diana Wells hatches a treat for active
birders and armchair enthusiasts alike. Meet the intrepid adventurers and naturalists
who risked their lives to describe and name new birds. Learn the mythical
stories of the gods and goddesses associated with bird names. Explore the avian
emblems used by our greatest writers--from Coleridge^s albatross in "The
Ancient Mariner" to Poe^s raven.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">A
sampling of the bird lore you^ll find inside:</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Benjamin Franklin didn^t want the
bald eagle on our National Seal because of its "bad moral character,"
(it steals from other birds); he lobbied for the turkey instead.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Chaffinches, whose Latin name
means "unmarried," are called "bachelor birds" because they
congregate in flocks of one gender.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Since mockingbirds mimic speech,
some Native American tribes fed mockingbird hearts to their children, believing
it helped them learn the language.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">A group of starlings is called a
murmuration because they chatter so when they roost in the thousands.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Organized alphabetically, each of
these bird tales is accompanied by a two-color line drawing. Dip into 100 Birds
and you^ll never look at a sparrow, an ostrich, or a wren in quite the same
way. </span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From
the Back Cover :</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Discover the myths, legends,
literature, history, and passions associated with our avian friends:</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">PENGUIN - In cold areas, up to a
third of this bird^s weight is blubber, and a probable origin of its name is
the Latin pinguis, or "fat."</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">CHAFFINCH - Sometimes called
bachelor birds, their scientific name means "unmarried," because they
congregate in flocks of one sex.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">EAGLE - Benjamin Franklin called
it a "bird of bad moral character" and didn^t approve of using it for
our national seal; he lobbied for the turkey.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">DUCK - After mating, drakes molt,
and a "sitting duck" is one that has lost its feathers and cannot
fly.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">STARLING - A group of these birds
is called a murmuration because they chatter so when they roost in the
thousands.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">CRANE - If you have a pedigree,
you have a pied de grue, or "crane^s foot," which was associated with
an illustrious lineage.</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">About
the Author</span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Diana
Wells </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold" lang="EN-US">is the author of 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names and 100 Flowers
and How They Got Their Names, has written for Friends Journal and is
contributing editor of the journal Greenprints. Born in Jerusalem, she has
lived in England and Italy and holds an honors degree in history from Oxford
University. She now lives with her husband on a farm in Pennsylvania.</span></strong></p>

