. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Bluebird at Edge of Nest with Grasshopperin Mouth. From photograph by Rev. P. B. Fig. 2—Former Nesting Site of Bluebirds on Lawn at Bryan Farm. The hole used by the birds may be seen about halfwav to the top of the tree against whichthe gun is leaning. As I Mount Vernon is to be seen in the distance. SPECIES. 91 orous than the redhead. Its vegetable food usually consists of a littlemast and a good deal of wild fruit. It is less of a woodpecker thanany other species of the family, for it is much less
. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Bluebird at Edge of Nest with Grasshopperin Mouth. From photograph by Rev. P. B. Fig. 2—Former Nesting Site of Bluebirds on Lawn at Bryan Farm. The hole used by the birds may be seen about halfwav to the top of the tree against whichthe gun is leaning. As I Mount Vernon is to be seen in the distance. SPECIES. 91 orous than the redhead. Its vegetable food usually consists of a littlemast and a good deal of wild fruit. It is less of a woodpecker thanany other species of the family, for it is much less arboreal and spendsa large part of the time on the ground securing ants with its longsticky tongue. As many as 5,000 ants have been taken from onestomach. So important is this article of diet that it forms three-fourths of the insect food of the species. WHIP-POOR-WILLS, NIGHT-HAWKS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMING-BIRDS. Whip-poor-wills {Antrostomus vociferus) and night-hawks (Ohor-deiles virginianus), two exclusively insectivorous species, are highlyuseful. The former was frequently heard, and the latter was fre-quently seen in late summer as it soared over the farm a
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