. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 79 Suborder CYPSELI. Swifts. Family MICROPODID^. Swifts. These l)irds are wholly insectivorous. Subfamily'CH^TURINiE. Spine-tailed Swifts. Genus CH^TURA Head and mncronate tail-feather of (hiiiiney Swift, reduced. 187-42:5-(;»). Clia'tnra pelai^ica {Linn.). *Chimney Swift; Chimney Swallow. Very common; throughout the state; May to Sept.; " common at Traverse City " (M. L. Leach); I have reports that it is common at Escanaba and Bois Blanc Island; "Mackinac Island" (); "common at Iron Mountain&q
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 79 Suborder CYPSELI. Swifts. Family MICROPODID^. Swifts. These l)irds are wholly insectivorous. Subfamily'CH^TURINiE. Spine-tailed Swifts. Genus CH^TURA Head and mncronate tail-feather of (hiiiiney Swift, reduced. 187-42:5-(;»). Clia'tnra pelai^ica {Linn.). *Chimney Swift; Chimney Swallow. Very common; throughout the state; May to Sept.; " common at Traverse City " (M. L. Leach); I have reports that it is common at Escanaba and Bois Blanc Island; "Mackinac Island" (); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; two or three brooded; "usually single brooded in Ohio and Indiana"( Butlef); nests in chimneys, rarely in hollow trees or barns, occasionally in nests of barn swal- lows which are first repaired, one case reported; nests made of twigs glued with a secretion formed by the bird; eggs four to six, white; feeds wholly on ineects; migrates in fall, often leaving, it is reported, young birds in the nest. These birds are often con- sidered a nuisance in houses having large chimneys. Suborder TEOCHILI. Hummingbirds. Family TROCHILID.^. Hummingbirds. Wholly American; chietiy from Central and South America; about five hundred species; food, insects and nectar from flowers; beautiful and valuable; Dr. M. Gibbs thinks that the food is almost wholly nectar, but I have positive proof that they are also 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. State college of agriculture and applied science, Lansing. Dept. of zoology and physiology. [Lansing, Mich. , R. Smith & co. , state printers and binders
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