. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . beat ahasty retreat. The male is seemingly always on thelook-out from his perch on the tx>p branches of a treeor poist for such enemies, and no matter how large theymay be, a pair of Kingbirds is more than a match forany of them, our larger Falcons and Eagles not ex-cepted. Crows and Blue Jays seem to be especiaJlyobnoxious to them, and instances are on record wherethey have done them material injury. From the foregoing it must not be assumed that ourKingbirds are generally quarrelsome, and that they bullyall other birds, as this is by no means the case
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . beat ahasty retreat. The male is seemingly always on thelook-out from his perch on the tx>p branches of a treeor poist for such enemies, and no matter how large theymay be, a pair of Kingbirds is more than a match forany of them, our larger Falcons and Eagles not ex-cepted. Crows and Blue Jays seem to be especiaJlyobnoxious to them, and instances are on record wherethey have done them material injury. From the foregoing it must not be assumed that ourKingbirds are generally quarrelsome, and that they bullyall other birds, as this is by no means the case. As a,rule they live in perfect harmony witb all their sniaUerrelatives, and some of the latters nests are not^ infre-quently placed within a few feet of one of theirs, inthe same tree, like that of the Orchard Orioles, for in-stance ; and they are not content with protecting theirown young and eggs, but watch over those of theirneighbours as well. The only species I have observedas being on bad terms with the Kingbird is our little. ^it^- AMtKicAN Kingbird. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, which is well known to-be, if possible, even more aggressive and pugnacious-than the former, and it woidd seem as if. small thoughhe may be, he is a match for the average Kingbird, andprobably always the aggressor. I have on two occa-sions .<ieen a Ruby-throated Hummingbird put the otherto flight. They arrive in our Southern States from their winterhomes about the first two weeks in April, and movegradually northward, generally making their appear-ance in the more northern States aliout the middle ofMay. The return migration from the far north com-mences in the beginning of August, and from ourNorthern States usually in the latter part of thismonth. The Kingbirds are rather noisy on their first arrivalin the spring, and give free vent to their exuberance ofspirits ; tliey are very restless at this time, now hover-ing or fluttering slowly from one tree to another, orfrom fence to fence po
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