. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 178 CITIZEN BIRD very closely to see it. The Warblers mostly have smooth slender beaks, but tlie Vireos have stouter ones, with a little hooked point that enables them to pick out and secure a great variety of insects. The Chat is our only Warbler with a very stout beak, even stouter than a Vireo's, but it has no hook at the end. The Redstart's has a hooked point, but the rest of the beak is very brcxid and flat, with a row of stiff bristles --^ at each corner of the mouth, to keep insects from kick- ing free when the
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 178 CITIZEN BIRD very closely to see it. The Warblers mostly have smooth slender beaks, but tlie Vireos have stouter ones, with a little hooked point that enables them to pick out and secure a great variety of insects. The Chat is our only Warbler with a very stout beak, even stouter than a Vireo's, but it has no hook at the end. The Redstart's has a hooked point, but the rest of the beak is very brcxid and flat, with a row of stiff bristles --^ at each corner of the mouth, to keep insects from kick- ing free when they are ; " You say Ids eyes are red. But why is his name '• Vireo'—does that mean anything ? " " ' Vireo ' comes from the Latin. Eed-eyed Vireo. AV O r d m e a n i n g 'green,' and because all of this family have greenish backs one of their common names is 'Greenlet.' Be- sides being very pretty to look at, this little red-eyed bird is a great worker and does whatever he undertakes in a most complete manner. When he starts his tree trapping in the morning he does not flit carelessl}' from one tree to another, but after selecting his feeding ground, goes all over one branch, never leaving it for another until he has searched every crack and 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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