. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. PEECHING BIRDS. 153 fiolence of the Kingbird, and play bo-peep with him around the rail, while the latter, highly irritated, made every attempt, as he swept from side to side, to strike hira, but in ; The Phebe-bird, which wtters its pe-wee so continuously, is one of this family. There are eight species of Fly-catchers called Greenlets, which are familiar to this country. Their principal colors are vari- ous shades of green. One of them, from using bits of newspaper in making its nest, is sometimes called I'oli- The spe
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. PEECHING BIRDS. 153 fiolence of the Kingbird, and play bo-peep with him around the rail, while the latter, highly irritated, made every attempt, as he swept from side to side, to strike hira, but in ; The Phebe-bird, which wtters its pe-wee so continuously, is one of this family. There are eight species of Fly-catchers called Greenlets, which are familiar to this country. Their principal colors are vari- ous shades of green. One of them, from using bits of newspaper in making its nest, is sometimes called I'oli- The species of the family of Chatterers, or Wax- are few. The Bohemian Waxwing, Fig. 124, is diffused over Europe, and ap- pears in England, so that its local liame, accidentally given it, is not appropriate. With its silken tuft of feathers on its head, and the general silken appearance of its plumage, it is a beautiful bird, but its song is weak, as is that of aU the Chatterers. There is a corre- ^^^B spending species pervading North and a part of South. America, commonly called the Cedar-bird, or Cherry-bird. At the approach of winter the Ce- dar-bii'ds leave the far north in companies of from twenty to a hundred, and go as far south as the confines of the equator. They reappear in the Northern and Eastern States in April, before the cherries and mulberries, their favorite fruits, ripen. Although they eat these fruits, they more than repay us by devouring quantities of canker- worms and other destructive insects. The Waxwings have their name from a peculiar ornament on their wings. Some of the feathers have appendages'resemi. Fig. 124.—Bohemian 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 Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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