. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . picious object, he hasan odd fashion of rapidly right-and-left facing on a horizontal bough, as thoto trv both eyes on you and lose no time in between. Nuthatch is the acknowledged acrobat of the woods—not that he acts fordisplav: it is all business with him. .X tree is a cnmplete gymnasium in itself. THE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 239 and this bird is master of it all. Top side, bottom side, inside, outside—thisbird is there, fearless, confident; in fact, he rather prefers traveli
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . picious object, he hasan odd fashion of rapidly right-and-left facing on a horizontal bough, as thoto trv both eyes on you and lose no time in between. Nuthatch is the acknowledged acrobat of the woods—not that he acts fordisplav: it is all business with him. .X tree is a cnmplete gymnasium in itself. THE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 239 and this bird is master of it all. Top side, bottom side, inside, outside—thisbird is there, fearless, confident; in fact, he rather prefers traveling head down-ward, especially on the main trunk route. He pries under bark-scales andlichens, peers into crevices and explores cavities in his search for tiny insects,larvae and insects eggs—especially the latter. The value of the service whichthis bird and his close associates perform for the horticulturist is simply incal-culable. There should be as heavy a penalty imposed upon one who wantonlykilled a Nuthatch or a Chickadee, as upon one who entered an enclosure andcut down an orchard or a shade Taken at Photo bv L. //. Morris. PATRONIZING THE FREE-LUNCH COUNTER. The Nuthatch has a variety of notes, all distinguished by a peculiar nasalquality. When hunting with the troop, he gives an occasional softlv resonanttilt or tiitfiit, as if to remind his fellows that alls well. The halloo note is moredecided, //;;, pronounced a la Francais. By means of this note and byusing it in combination, they seem to be able to carry on quite an animated con-versation, calling across from tree to tree. During the mating season andoften at other times they have an even more decided and distincti^e note,qiioiik, quonk. quonk. or lui-onk, ho-onk. in moderate pitch and with deliber-ation. Their snng. if such they may Ije said to have, consists of a rajiid succes- 240 THE RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. sion of simple sylables, tew, tciv, tciv, tcxv, ten, which are musical, vibra
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