. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 206 USEFUL BIRDS. Moths and butterflies of many kinds are eaten ; also assassin bugs, tree hoppers, and bugs that eat plants and fruit. Many beetles, among them boring beetles, bark beetles, and weevils, grasshoppers, katydids, locusts, — all are eaten. This bird at times becomes an expert flycatcher, taking horseflies, mos- quitoes, and other gnats, and many ga
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 206 USEFUL BIRDS. Moths and butterflies of many kinds are eaten ; also assassin bugs, tree hoppers, and bugs that eat plants and fruit. Many beetles, among them boring beetles, bark beetles, and weevils, grasshoppers, katydids, locusts, — all are eaten. This bird at times becomes an expert flycatcher, taking horseflies, mos- quitoes, and other gnats, and many gall flies. It appears to take a larger proportion of fruit than the other Vireos. In summer I have found many seeds of berries in the stomachs of these birds, and sometimes a stomach will be found nearly filled with blueberries. Raspberries, blackberries, and mul- berries are commonly eaten. Professor King has found dog- wood berries, berries of the prickly ash, and sheep berries in their stomachs ; Dr. Fisher says they are fond of the fruits of the benzoin bush, the sassafras, and magnolia; and Dr. Warren asserts that they feed on poke berries and wild grapes. Warbling Vireo. Vireo gilmis. Length.—About five and three-fourths inches. Adult.—Upper parts generally hrownish-gray, tinged more or less with olive- gi'een; sides of head lighter, with a rather light line above the eye, but no dark line through it; below, dull white, passing into yellowish on the belly and pale buff or olive on sides. Nest and Eggs. —Much like those of the preceding species, but a trifie smaller; usually in a shade tree, from fifteen to fifty feet up. Season. — May to September. In appearance the Warbling Vireo is much like the Red- eye, but it is smaller and less distinctly marked. In the breeding season it is usually seen at no great distance from the large elms and other great shade trees that line country roads and It was found com- monly in city shade trees until the intro- duced House Sp
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