. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Black Phoebe supplemented by tidy manners, too, and though the black suit must last a season, the immaculate shirt-front is fresh laundered every day beside the running brook or at a wayside watering trough. The Black Phoebe is a prince of flycatchers. His record for the capture of "animal food" is 99-41/100 pure, and the trifling admixture of vegetable mat- ter represented by 59/100 of one per cent is judged to be chiefly acci- denta
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Black Phoebe supplemented by tidy manners, too, and though the black suit must last a season, the immaculate shirt-front is fresh laundered every day beside the running brook or at a wayside watering trough. The Black Phoebe is a prince of flycatchers. His record for the capture of "animal food" is 99-41/100 pure, and the trifling admixture of vegetable mat- ter represented by 59/100 of one per cent is judged to be chiefly acci- dental. An insect roosting on a x blackberry is likely to be snapped up perch and all; but the only fruit which Phoebe is suspected of taking on purpose is the dainty elderberry. As a flycatcher, then, nigricans displays a tireless energy and no little adroitness. When seated, the bird is always turning his head about in quest of game, and the momen- tary sallies from weed-top or fence-post or bridge-rail represent an enormous consumption of flying things before the day is done. Of the kind of insects taken, it is enough to say that they are chiefly such as frequent the vicinity of water. Anything that spells water, spells insects, and as a consequence Phoebe is found haunting the horse- trough and the tank-house, no less than the stream-side and the fringes of lakes. The farmyard with its lowing cattle and scented by-products offers ideal attraction for flies, and so, for flycatchers. Besides, if the flies are troublesome about the kitchen door, Phoebe will help clear them away if you will let him. The natural breeding haunts of the Black Phoebe are cliffs or low ramparts overlooking streams. Here in some niche which offers at 870. Taken in the Ojai Photo by Dickey A PRIVATE ENGAGEMENT THE LOWERMOST YOUNGSTER SHOWN IN THE SUCCEEDING CUT IS GETTING HIS PORTION. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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