. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. Fin. 4a Bill of Oriol.^ The Orchard Oriole is also smaller and builds a shallower nest of grass. The Blackbirds are alike in general characteristics. They all walk — the Orioles hop — and they get most of their food on the ground. The Crow Blackbird, lied-wing, and Rusty are most nearly alike, and as their food habits are similar, they have similar bills. (See Fig. 121, p. 193.) The Cow- bird and Bobolink are less ex- clusively insectivorous, and so their bills apjiroach more to the seed-eater conical type of
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. Fin. 4a Bill of Oriol.^ The Orchard Oriole is also smaller and builds a shallower nest of grass. The Blackbirds are alike in general characteristics. They all walk — the Orioles hop — and they get most of their food on the ground. The Crow Blackbird, lied-wing, and Rusty are most nearly alike, and as their food habits are similar, they have similar bills. (See Fig. 121, p. 193.) The Cow- bird and Bobolink are less ex- clusively insectivorous, and so their bills apjiroach more to the seed-eater conical type of bill (see Figs. 42, p. 102 • 50, p. 110, and 119, p. 193), contrasting quite sharply with the long, pointed bills of the Orioles (Fig. 49), Meadowlark (see Fig. 43, p. 102), and Black- birds (Fig. 121, p. 193). The Blackbiid and Oriole types of bill contrast well with the fly- traps of the ^'vallows, the })robes of the Hummingbitds, and the bills of the Doves, Wrens, and Flycatchers. (See Figs. 120, 118, p. 193; 106, 107, p. 192.) In the same way, the tails of the i^obolink and Meadow- lark, wliich live among the grasses, have become s})ecialized, being quite sharp and pointed, as if worn by friction (see Fig. 51) ; while those of the. Fig. 50. Bill of Bobolink. Fi(i. 51. Tail of 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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