. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . ast nymph stage is reached; the insect isthen grayish or brownish black. The eggs are small andamber-colored. These pests attack cornand small grains in enormous numbers,sucking out the sap and thus weakeningor destroying the plants. The chinch-bug is the type of a largegroup of the true bugs called the Heter-Optera, another typical example of whichis the tarnished plant-bug, illustratedherewith. There are many differentfamilies in this suborder, a large propor-tion of which are protected fro
. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . ast nymph stage is reached; the insect isthen grayish or brownish black. The eggs are small andamber-colored. These pests attack cornand small grains in enormous numbers,sucking out the sap and thus weakeningor destroying the plants. The chinch-bug is the type of a largegroup of the true bugs called the Heter-Optera, another typical example of whichis the tarnished plant-bug, illustratedherewith. There are many differentfamilies in this suborder, a large propor-tion of which are protected from beingeaten by birds by their disagreeable odor, which is doubtlessthe accompaniment of an equally disagreeable taste. The other suborder of the Hemiptera—called the Homop-tera—includes several important families of noxious insects,the members of which, fortunately, enter largely into the foodof birds. The most notable of these families are those of theleaf-hoppers and the plant-lice. The leaf-hoppers of the family Jassidce are very oftenfound in the stomachs of birds. These insects are small. TARNISHED {After Gorman. THE ANIMAL FOOD OF BIRDS. 45
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