. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 76 BIRDS OF AMERICA western Minnesota losing. How all this is to be accounted for is yet to be worked out by those who are willing to give time to the study of the food and habits of the Drawing by R. I. Braslier DICKCISSEL (I nat. size) Nowhere is the bird classed as one of the leading bird favorites, and yet a person who lives in the central States and the middle west, and does not know this bird is missing an un- usually interesting neighbor. This is so because of his song, his unusual beauty, his plump and genial personality, and above al
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 76 BIRDS OF AMERICA western Minnesota losing. How all this is to be accounted for is yet to be worked out by those who are willing to give time to the study of the food and habits of the Drawing by R. I. Braslier DICKCISSEL (I nat. size) Nowhere is the bird classed as one of the leading bird favorites, and yet a person who lives in the central States and the middle west, and does not know this bird is missing an un- usually interesting neighbor. This is so because of his song, his unusual beauty, his plump and genial personality, and above all, the uncertainty of his presence. But, do not forget, that more than once experienced ornithologists have proved that it is quite possible and very easy to mistake a male English Sparrow for a Dickcissel. The Dickcissel is preeminently an eater of grasshoppers. During the months of May, June, July, and August, these insects form over 40 per cent, of his food. Caterpillars — canker worms and other span-worms and cutworms — beetles and snails complete his animal diet. Of course, being a typical seed-eater its staple food during a large part of the year consists of the seeds of weeds and grasses. LARK BUNTING Calamospiza melanocorys Stcjiiajcr A. O. U. Number 605 Other Names.— White-winged Blackbird; White- winged Prairiebird ; Prairie Bobolink. General Description.— Length. 7-]4 inches. Male in summer, black; male in winter and female at all sea- sons, grayish-brown above and white below, streaked above and below with dusky. Bill, large and conical; wings, long with truncated tips; tail, about 44 length of wing, even, the feathers rather narrow. Color.—Adult Male in Summer: Uniform black, with a grayish cast on back, etc.; middle and greater wing-coverts, mostly white, forming a con- spicuous patch; inner wing quills, edged with white, and tail-coverts (especially the lower) margined with white; outermost tail feathers, edged with white and sometimes with a large whit
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