. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . is an active, nervous little creature, flittinghither and yon in search of food, and in springstopping only long enough to utter its beanti-ful song, surprisingly loud for the size of themusician. Three-fourths of its food consistsof wasps, bugs, and flies. Beetles are the onlyother item of importance (12 per cent). Thebugs eaten by the kinglet are mostly small,but, happily, they are the most harmful , leaf-hoppers, and jumping plantlice are pests and often do great harm to treesand smaller
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . is an active, nervous little creature, flittinghither and yon in search of food, and in springstopping only long enough to utter its beanti-ful song, surprisingly loud for the size of themusician. Three-fourths of its food consistsof wasps, bugs, and flies. Beetles are the onlyother item of importance (12 per cent). Thebugs eaten by the kinglet are mostly small,but, happily, they are the most harmful , leaf-hoppers, and jumping plantlice are pests and often do great harm to treesand smaller plants, while plant lice and scaleinsects are the worst scourges of the fruitgrower; in fact, the prevalence of the latterhas almost risen to the magnitude of a nationalperil. It is these small and seemingly insig-nificant iMrds that most successfully attack andhold in check these insidious foes of horticul-ture. The vegetable food consists of seeds ofpoison ivy, or poison oak, a few weed seeds,and a few small fruits, mostlv elderberries.(See Biol. Surv. Bui. 30, pp. 81-84.). r> I HiKi) RissrT-BAi KEi> Thrush KOBIN Rf BV-cRo\\ sri) r CHICKADEE (Penthestes atricapillus) Length, about S% inclics. Range: Resident in the United States (ex-cept the southern half east of the plains),Canada, and Alaska. Habits and economic status: Because of itsdelightful notes, its confiding ways, and itsfearlessness, the chickadee is one of our best-known birds. It responds to encourageiuent,and by lianging within its reach a constantsupply of suet the ciiickadee can be made aregular visitor to the garden and insignificant in size, titmice arc farfrom being so from the economic standpoint,owing to their numbers and activity. Whileone locality is being scrutinized for food bya larger bird, lo are being searched by thesmaller species. The chickadees food is madeup of insects and vegetable matter in the pro-portion of 7 of the former to 3 of tiie and caterpi
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