Four feet, wings, and fins . I have seen the picture of a goat-sucker, butcould get little idea of its size from that. If you would look at the birds bill you wouldsoon see it is no relation to the belong to the family Cap^^mulgidce,the same as the whippoorwills. They feed uponinsects which they capture while upon wing. But they have such a funny name. Why arethey called goat-suckers ? From a silly superstition that they suck mouths seem something like frogs, and lookas if they would make good suckers, I suppose. Infact, these birds have, largely, the habi
Four feet, wings, and fins . I have seen the picture of a goat-sucker, butcould get little idea of its size from that. If you would look at the birds bill you wouldsoon see it is no relation to the belong to the family Cap^^mulgidce,the same as the whippoorwills. They feed uponinsects which they capture while upon wing. But they have such a funny name. Why arethey called goat-suckers ? From a silly superstition that they suck mouths seem something like frogs, and lookas if they would make good suckers, I suppose. Infact, these birds have, largely, the habits of owls. Tell us something about owls, pleaded May. No more time this morning. We must takeup owls another time. Frank and May may nowsum up what they have learned, and then we mustgo in to breakfast. Rose, what do you rememberabout the robin ? 236. The Afeican Humming-bird. THE BIRDS CONCERT. It has a beyeuful wed breast, and its name isfrom wubeo, wed, I member that. It likes to pickup crumbs and we hear it sing early in the dont member the family. Turdid(^y said May, and it is of the orderIns ess ores r Very good. Now, Frank, tell us of the mocking-bird. It belongs to the class Vertebrates, order Inses-sores, izTciA-yLioctrichidoe, answered Frank, readily. Let me tell about goldfinches, said May. They are of the class Vertebrates, order Insessores,family Frhigillidcs. I remember this family fromthe ^ ox A fringer Fri7igillid(B does not come from the word fringe,but means, simply, the finch and sparrow , a good way to remember hard words is toconnect them with something familiar. Now, Rose,what about the ruby-crested wren ? The one wiv a bonnet on his head — a wedbonnet 1 Grace nodded. I members Vertebrates, tause weve had that somuch, and tause I know all little birds have a back 239 THE BIRDS CONCERT.
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