Beginners' zoology . Fig. 323.— Head of Fig. 324. — JaCANA. (Mexico, Southwest Texas, and Florida.)Questions: What appears to be the use of such long toes? What peculiarity of wing? hcadf their food. Thirty-eight per cent was ragweed, 2 per cent ticktrefoil, partridge pea, and locust, seeds, and 23 per cent seeds of About 14 per cent of the quails food for miscellaneous weeds. BIRDS 179 the year consists of animal matter (insects and their allies).Prominent among these are the Colorado potato beetle, thestriped squash beetle, the cottonboll-weevil, grasshoppers. As aweed destroyer the q
Beginners' zoology . Fig. 323.— Head of Fig. 324. — JaCANA. (Mexico, Southwest Texas, and Florida.)Questions: What appears to be the use of such long toes? What peculiarity of wing? hcadf their food. Thirty-eight per cent was ragweed, 2 per cent ticktrefoil, partridge pea, and locust, seeds, and 23 per cent seeds of About 14 per cent of the quails food for miscellaneous weeds. BIRDS 179 the year consists of animal matter (insects and their allies).Prominent among these are the Colorado potato beetle, thestriped squash beetle, the cottonboll-weevil, grasshoppers. As aweed destroyer the quail has few, if any, superiors. Moreover,its habits are such that it is almost constantly on the ground,where it is brought in close contact with both weed seeds andground-living insects. It is a good ranger, and, if undisturbed, willpatrol every day all the fields in its vicinity as it searches for food. • ,r. >? s^m Mh^
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