. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 168 ORNITHOLOQY AND OOLOOT. BtifTor in tho samo ; The sorvicoB of tho robins, in dcHtroying tlicso alono, would moro than pay Ibr all tho fruit thoy devour. ludeud, during tho ijfcoding season, a robin is Bcldoni soon without liaving in his mouth ono of these cator- pilliirs, or some similar
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 168 ORNITHOLOQY AND OOLOOT. BtifTor in tho samo ; The sorvicoB of tho robins, in dcHtroying tlicso alono, would moro than pay Ibr all tho fruit thoy devour. ludeud, during tho ijfcoding season, a robin is Bcldoni soon without liaving in his mouth ono of these cator- pilliirs, or some similar grub, which ho designs for his young; and as tho Robin often raises three broods of young duruig tho season, his species must destroy moro of this class of noxious insects than almost all other birds together. In my own g^udening experiences, I have had my full share of cutft orms; and 1 have always noticed tho Robin, Brown Tlinish, and Catrbird busy early in tho morning,— almost before other birds are out of their feather-beds, figuratively speaking, — catching these vermin and eating them, or carrying them for food to their young. To show further tho food of this bird, I present the follow- ing experiment. At a meeting of tho Boston Society of Natural History, a communication was road from Professor Treadwell, of Cambridge, giving a detailed account of tho feeding and growth of this bird during a period of thirty- two days, commencing with the 5th of Juno. The following is the substance of this report: — When caught, the two were quite young, their tail feathers being less than an inch in length, and tho weight of each about twenty-five pennyweights, — less than half the weight of the full-grown birds: both were plump and vigorous, and had evidently been very recently turned out of tho nest. He began feeding them with earthworms, giving three to each bird that night. The second day, he gave them ten worms each, which they ate ravenously. Thinking this beyond what the
Size: 3387px × 738px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1870
