Harriet Mann Miller

Harriet Mann Miller (née Mann, published under the pen names Olive Thorne and Olive Thorne Miller; 25 June 1831 – 25 December 1918) was an American author, journalist, naturalist, conservationist, and Ornithology ornithologist. In 1901 she became an Elective Member of the American Ornithological Society American Ornithologists' Union. Quotes Because of its quiet tints, the beauty of plumage of the wood thrush is often underrated. Nothing can be more attractive than the soft cinnamon browns of his back and wings, and the satiny white of breast and under parts, tinged in places with buff, and decorated profusely with lance-shaped spots of brown.Lovers of birds alive and free have reason to rejoice that our most interesting birds are not gaudy in coloring. The indiscriminate and terrible Plume hunting slaughter of these beautiful creatures, to appear in some horrible, unnatural position on ladies’ hats, is surely enough to make the most long-suffering lover of nature cry out in grief and pain. To me — let me say it frankly — they look not like an adornment of feathers, but like the dead bodies of birds, foully murdered to minister to a passing fashion. The Bird of Solitude The Atlantic Monthly June 1884 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1884/06/the-bird-of-solitude/632339/ Also I should like to explain how a lover of free birds can endure to keep them in confinement. Each inhabitant of a Birdcage cage in my house has been liberated from the positive discomforts of a Pet store#History bird-store, and besides the wearied effort to make their lives happy and as free as possible in a room, the moment one shows a desire for the world outside my windows, he is gladly allowed to depart. Introductory Bird-ways Houghton, Mifflin Company 1913 https://books.google.com/books/about/Bird_ways.html?id=EtFDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR13 (227 pages; 1st edition 1885) With the Birds in Maine (1904) So long as you do only what you have done every day, though it be to sit within three feet of their nest, most birds accept you as a necessary evil, but if you vary from your usual programme you shall have every bird within sight and hearing excited, calling in warning tones, anxious and angry "phit's," "tut's," and "chack's" on every side. With the Birds in Maine Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1904 https://books.google.com/books?id=a4JIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 25 (300 pages) The solo of the white-throated sparrow differs from nearly all other bird-songs that I know, being a clear, distinct whistle that may easily be reduced to our musical scale, and perfectly imitated by the human voice; in this latter quality it is almost unique. The notes are very few, usually two, never, I think, more than three; and the little ditty consists of, first, a single long, deliberate note, then two short repetitious of one a third higher, followed by three triplets at the same pitch. It is so distinct, indeed, that the Ojibwe Chippewa Indians of northern Minnesota—as a traveler in that country kindly wrote me—have put it into words, namely, "Pu'orn chiman, chig-a-big, chig-a-big, chig-a-big," which being translated means, "The Sioux canoes are close to shore, close to shore, close to shore," and the friendly bird is held in much esteem by the grateful Chippewas. pp. 44–45 The Bird Our Brother (1908) A lady who has given us some charming books of minute and faithful studies of birds and beasts, Mrs. Effie Bignell, says of the two robins who were free in her house, that they were entirely different in every characteristic, one of them loving and gentle "like a perfect gentleman," while the other was greed itself, with shocking table manners, and in every way different. The Bird Our Brother: A Contribution to the Study of the Bird as He is in Life Volume 3 of The out-of-door library Houghton, Mifflin 1908 https://books.google.com/books?id=7zUIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA13 13 (331 pages) Mrs. Irene Grosvenor Wheelock, author of several books, and a careful student of living birds in the nest, has found decided individuality in young bluebirds as early as ten days old. One would be gentle, easily pacified, and trustful, while another was fierce and resentful of captivity. p. 17 Quotes about Harriet Mann Miller Written under the pen name Olive Thorne Miller, most of her children's fiction has been forgotten, but her Nature writing nature sketches, both for children and adults, are still read. She became interested in bird watching in 1880 and avidly pursued this hobby for the rest of her life. ...Olive Thorne Miller wrote books on birds that reflected a close observation of their habits. Although her treatment was sometimes Anthropomorphism anthropomorphic, most of her facts were accurate, and her works were useful in stimulating popular interest in natural history. Joy Harvey and Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z Volume 2 of The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century Taylor & Francis 2000 9780415920407 Miller, Harriet Thorne https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA897 897 (1499 pages) External links Author:Harriet Mann Miller Olive Thorne Miller LibriVox https://librivox.org/author/3109 Category:1831 births Category:1918 deaths Category:Children's authors Category:Journalists from New York (state) Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Ornithologists Category:Scientists from New York (state) Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women born in the 19th century