. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. MEADOW SraGERS. 90 ^8m J = 60 vvm^ ftMMM^ -M^ a-##^ ^m During his singing his wings are elevated at a considerable angle from the body. Still another meadow singer is the cone-headed grasshopper {Oonocephalus ensiger). This is the com- monest species east of the Koeky Mountains, and the most familiar bright, light o-reen insect of the culti- vated field, as well as the salt marshes near the seashore. Rarely he is a brownish straw color, but in any case his narrow, point- ed forehead is a sufficient p
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. MEADOW SraGERS. 90 ^8m J = 60 vvm^ ftMMM^ -M^ a-##^ ^m During his singing his wings are elevated at a considerable angle from the body. Still another meadow singer is the cone-headed grasshopper {Oonocephalus ensiger). This is the com- monest species east of the Koeky Mountains, and the most familiar bright, light o-reen insect of the culti- vated field, as well as the salt marshes near the seashore. Rarely he is a brownish straw color, but in any case his narrow, point- ed forehead is a sufficient proof of his identity; he is, besides, a very long, slender grass- hopper, vnih. extremely long fine feelers and a sharp, rasping voice, quite unlike that of any of the other meadow musicians. His note is an emphatic, sud- denly loud s-szijj, s-ssip, s-szip, s-szip, continuous, rapid, and penetrating beyond description. In fact,. Conti-liLinleil Grassliu^' 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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