. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. !; * 122 BED-EYED VIKEO P. easily pass him unnoticed, for as the Sparrows are brown to match the weeds and fields, the lit- tle fjreenlet is dressed to tone in with the green leaves and the light in the woods, being greenish above and white below. But if you once set eyes on him you can easily identify him, for over his eye he has a white border to his gray cap. A bird's cap is not usually easy to see, if he lives in the trees; but the lled-eye has a trick of turning his head over as he looks critically at th
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. !; * 122 BED-EYED VIKEO P. easily pass him unnoticed, for as the Sparrows are brown to match the weeds and fields, the lit- tle fjreenlet is dressed to tone in with the green leaves and the light in the woods, being greenish above and white below. But if you once set eyes on him you can easily identify him, for over his eye he has a white border to his gray cap. A bird's cap is not usually easy to see, if he lives in the trees; but the lled-eye has a trick of turning his head over as he looks critically at the leaves, which is of great service to the inquisitive ground- ling below. Like the Orioles, Vireos are public benefactors, practical foresters, voikiug out their self-ap- pointed commission to preserve our village and forest trees. They are, first and foremost, cater- pillar-eaters, but they also do great good by their fondness for bugs and weevils, May beetles, inch- worms, and leaf-eating beetles. Like other epi- cures, tliey understand that fruit sauce gives zest to a meat diet. Doctor Fisher says they are extravagantly fond of the aromatic fruits of the benzoin bush, sassafras, and magnolia. Indeed, when the Red-eyes are gathered along the Gulf coast in the fall, he says they feed almost exclu- sively on the berries of the magnolia, and become exceedingly fat. It is thought that the magnolia imparts a delicate flavor to the flesh, bi' jver this may be, the sad fact remains tl :'t inn '^nse numbers of the little songsters are siau^ itered. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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