. From Blomidon to Smoky, and other papers [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. e and jrhaps led by cling- : after lose at :oot o£ drill) K- Bckers, hroats. aiscov- f gray md ex- ^hen I nearly girdles made ound. were wo had a few ees had suckers 1, and at this charac- chance e there, TYl. THE UUMMING-BIRDS OF CIIOCORUA. 263 and repelled intruders with great vigor, flying violently at them, squeaking, humming as noisily as a swarm of bees^ and returning to his favorite perch as soon as they had been put to flight. He often attacked the sapsuckers themselves, buzzed in their faces, and s
. From Blomidon to Smoky, and other papers [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. e and jrhaps led by cling- : after lose at :oot o£ drill) K- Bckers, hroats. aiscov- f gray md ex- ^hen I nearly girdles made ound. were wo had a few ees had suckers 1, and at this charac- chance e there, TYl. THE UUMMING-BIRDS OF CIIOCORUA. 263 and repelled intruders with great vigor, flying violently at them, squeaking, humming as noisily as a swarm of bees^ and returning to his favorite perch as soon as they had been put to flight. He often attacked the sapsuckers themselves, buzzed in their faces, and seemed little abashed when they turned upon him, as they sometimes did, and drove \vn\ from their midst. He also had a habit of squeaking s])itefully when he was drink- ing from the sap-wells, especially on his return from a bout with some other humming-bird. Searching for him in July, 1893,1 failed to find him, but discovered that in his place a pair of birds seetiied to have established themselves. Of course it is possible that my friend of previous years may have taken to h'mself a wife and have become niml-mannered in consequence, but I find' it impossible to believe in this theory, so pro- nounced were the old male's temper and peculiar ways. The new male, for example, did not use the same twigs for perches, and he did not keep liis head wagging from side to side as the old one did with a vigor and regularity which nothing but a pendulum ever equaled. The new male, however, showed me a perform- ance far more interesting in character than any of his petulant predeco':sor's, and one which es- tablishes the Chororua ruby-throat as a musician and a dancer. One day, while this male was. 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 Bolles, Frank, 1856-1894. Boston; New York : Houghton Mifflin
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