. . 249 CEDAR Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. w. MUMFORD, CHICAGO. INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 367 the velvety effect in shades and colors of the harlequin duckand Wilsons phalarope, are soft delicate tones. To appre-ciate this exquisite combination it is essential that the birdsthemselves be seen. A sociable bird with an eccentric disposition, the cedarbird, or cherry bird, wanders about the country in flocks offrom five to fifty. The raids made by a company of thesebirds when they descend u23on orchard and shade trees whichare i
. . 249 CEDAR Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. w. MUMFORD, CHICAGO. INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 367 the velvety effect in shades and colors of the harlequin duckand Wilsons phalarope, are soft delicate tones. To appre-ciate this exquisite combination it is essential that the birdsthemselves be seen. A sociable bird with an eccentric disposition, the cedarbird, or cherry bird, wanders about the country in flocks offrom five to fifty. The raids made by a company of thesebirds when they descend u23on orchard and shade trees whichare infested by the canker-worm or elm leaf beetle hasproven a blessing to many a horticulturist whose trees theyoften save. When the early Richmond cherries ripen, thecherry birds gather about the trees in numbers. Over-looking both the past and future, the farmer often shootsthese valuable birds. When the cherry season is over, thebirds gradually pair off and withdraw from the flock, pre-paratory to nesting in some coniferous shade tree, bush, ororchard tree. In southern Michigan I observed the birds breeding notearlier than July 20, a
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