. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . ^ UO llicans COllhned tO Flycatcher. suoh food, liowcvcr, but is par- ticularly destructive to small beetles in flight, and in thisrespect it is most useful. It captures many moths, partic-ularly those species that fly by day, as the gipsy moth; but. SONOLESS BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 231 it also picks up many which are stirring onl}^ very early inthe morning or at even
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . ^ UO llicans COllhned tO Flycatcher. suoh food, liowcvcr, but is par- ticularly destructive to small beetles in flight, and in thisrespect it is most useful. It captures many moths, partic-ularly those species that fly by day, as the gipsy moth; but. SONOLESS BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 231 it also picks up many which are stirring onl}^ very early inthe morning or at evening. The bird watches for cater-pillars, and when it sees one stir, flies from its perch andsnaps up the luckless creature. This bird, in common Avithother Flycatchers, picks up many caterpillarsthat, to escape Warblers and other enemies, spin down on their webs or drop from the „. ^ ,^ ^ Fig. 89. —Can- trees. The greatest service our little Fh- kerworm, uat- catcher renders to man consists of the destruc-tion of such orchard pests as boring beetles, bark beetles,the fly of the railroad worm, codling moths, gipsy moths,cankerworms, and other caterpillars. Nuttall says that when the young are out of the nest theymove about in company with the old birds, eating whortle-berries and cornel berries. Wood Pewee. Myiochancs virens. Length. — Six to about six and one-half inches. Adult. — Tail notched ; bill black above, light below; upper parts dark brownish-g
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