. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 162. Food is thrust well down the throats of the littleones. 191 right. In this case the whole head^ as shown by the lowermandible^ was oscillating about the upper mandible as anaxis. It is this rapid motion of little birds that spoils manya photograph. On one occasion, the male vireo brought a large dragon-. Fig. 163 He moved too quickly for the camera shutter thistime. fly which he carefully prepared for nestling-food by di-vesting it of wings and all but one leg. He then walkedalong the branch and thrust it headfirst down the throat ofone
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 162. Food is thrust well down the throats of the littleones. 191 right. In this case the whole head^ as shown by the lowermandible^ was oscillating about the upper mandible as anaxis. It is this rapid motion of little birds that spoils manya photograph. On one occasion, the male vireo brought a large dragon-. Fig. 163 He moved too quickly for the camera shutter thistime. fly which he carefully prepared for nestling-food by di-vesting it of wings and all but one leg. He then walkedalong the branch and thrust it headfirst down the throat ofone of his children, leaving fully an inch of the body stick-ing out of the little fellows mouth. I had supposed thathe would surely divide the fly into a portion for each andwas greatly astonished to see him feed such a large mor-sel to such a small bird. The contortions of the little fel- I9i low^ as he slowly but surely swallowed the dragonfly, werepainful to watch; it took about four minutes for it to entire-ly disappear from view. For fifteen minutes this littlebird lay quietly in the bottom of the nest, at the end ofwhich time he again bobbed up, as hungry as ever.
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