Beginners' zoology . BIRDS i8i The night hawk, or bull bat, may be seen most often soaringhigh in air in the afternoon or early evening. It nests upon rocks orbare knolls and flat city roofs. Its food consists of insects takenon the wing; and so greedy is the bird that when food is plentiful,it fills its stomach almost to bursting. Ants (except workers) havewings and fly as they are preparing to propagate. In destroyingants night hawks rank next to, or eveii with, the woodpeckers, theacknowledged ant-eaters among Fig. 329. — Top-knot Quail, or California Partridge.(West Texas to Califo
Beginners' zoology . BIRDS i8i The night hawk, or bull bat, may be seen most often soaringhigh in air in the afternoon or early evening. It nests upon rocks orbare knolls and flat city roofs. Its food consists of insects takenon the wing; and so greedy is the bird that when food is plentiful,it fills its stomach almost to bursting. Ants (except workers) havewings and fly as they are preparing to propagate. In destroyingants night hawks rank next to, or eveii with, the woodpeckers, theacknowledged ant-eaters among Fig. 329. — Top-knot Quail, or California Partridge.(West Texas to California.) The kingbird, or martin, is largely insectivorous. In an ex-amination of 62 stomachs of this bird, great care was taken toidentify every insect or fragment that had any resemblance to ahoneybee; as a result, 30 honeybees were identified, di wliich 29were males or drones and i was a worker. Blue Jay. — In an investigation of the food of the blue jay 300stomachs were examined, which showed that animal matter com-prised 24 per cent and vegetable matter 76 per cent of the birdsdiet. The jays favourite food is mast { acorns, chestnuts,chinquapins, etc.), which was found in 200 of the 300 stomachs,and amounted to more than 42 per rent of the whole food. I82 nnCINNERS ZOOLOGY
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