. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . et the greater part oftheir food is prol)ablv insects. They are so active in thepursuit of insects and feed on such small species tliat it isdifficult to observe their fly-catching habits ; but they have. Fig. 102. —Young Hunimiugbirds nearly fledged, about two-thirds natural size. been detected, as Wilson says, darting l)y the hour amongthe swarms of little insects that dan
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . et the greater part oftheir food is prol)ablv insects. They are so active in thepursuit of insects and feed on such small species tliat it isdifficult to observe their fly-catching habits ; but they have. Fig. 102. —Young Hunimiugbirds nearly fledged, about two-thirds natural size. been detected, as Wilson says, darting l)y the hour amongthe swarms of little insects that dance in the air on finesummer evenings. I have watched individuals hoveringabout the branches of trees and })icking oft small insects,apparently plant lice, or very small spiders. When kept fora time in contiiienient they have shown a likinof for such fliesand gnats as could be found in their limited quarters ; andalmost invai-iably when stomachs have been examined theyhave contained small winged insects or spiders, or , who opened great numbers of these birds, found SONGLESS BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 245 them filled with insects al)Out three times out of four. records the examination of sixtv-two Hummint::-bird stomaclis. The food contents were main!)- small spiders,beetles, or other insects; small worms and flies were alsonoted, but none was specifically identified. WOODPECKERS. This fam
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