. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 8 SOME BIRD FRIENDS. WARBLING VIREO ON NEST It is a little larger than the flycatcher, grey in color, with a suspicion of green. It might well be a cress between the flycatcher and the shrike, although it is nothing like as large or as bloodthirsty as the latter. The hooked bill is probably useful in catching the larger flies and insects, for this bird is an insect-eater like all its near relatives. The nest is always suspended in the fork of a small bough. There the parent bird sits, hidden by its inconspicuous color, and singing from time to t
. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 8 SOME BIRD FRIENDS. WARBLING VIREO ON NEST It is a little larger than the flycatcher, grey in color, with a suspicion of green. It might well be a cress between the flycatcher and the shrike, although it is nothing like as large or as bloodthirsty as the latter. The hooked bill is probably useful in catching the larger flies and insects, for this bird is an insect-eater like all its near relatives. The nest is always suspended in the fork of a small bough. There the parent bird sits, hidden by its inconspicuous color, and singing from time to time a delightfully full, clear song, unhappily all too short, but exceedingly pleasing to the ear. Like most other birds it adapts itself to the oncoming civilization. Some years ago I found a nest in the Oak Bay district adjoining the city of Victoria; and mixed with the grass and lichens were the torn transfer slips of the electric railway, the words " Oak Bay " being clearly decipherable from the outside of the nest. The picture of the bird on her nest was taken near Swan Lake. The bough was that of the osoberry, and it was swaying in the wind, the bird apparently enjoying the movement. As the bough was be- n'iath tall firs the light was poor and time had to be given to expose the enough to ensure a successful negative. The camera was set up, and half a doz?n plates exposed, only one being of any value. That one was taken just as the bough paused before turning at the end of its 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 Pullen, Henry F. Victoria, B. C. : Free Lance Pub. Co.
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