. 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 . )lumage has wonfor it the name of candelita, the little torch, that flashesin the gloomy depths of the tr()i)ieal forest. He gives the. Fig. 66. — American Redstart. Lower figure, male; upper figure, natural size. song as ching, chmr/, chee, ser-wee, swee, Swee-e-e, and thisis a good description of its general character. The songvaries, however, like that of
. 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 . )lumage has wonfor it the name of candelita, the little torch, that flashesin the gloomy depths of the tr()i)ieal forest. He gives the. Fig. 66. — American Redstart. Lower figure, male; upper figure, natural size. song as ching, chmr/, chee, ser-wee, swee, Swee-e-e, and thisis a good description of its general character. The songvaries, however, like that of other Warblers, but is usuallymore cheerful than musical. The alarm note of the Redstartis a sharp chirp. The insect food of the Redstart is perhaps more variedthan that of any other common AVarl)ler. Apparently thereare few forest insects of small size that do not, in some oftheir forms, fall a prey to this bird. Caterpillars that escapesome of the slower birds by spinning down from the branchesand hanging by their silken threads are snapped up in mid airby the Redstart. It takes its prey from trunk, limbs, twigs,leaves, and also from the air, so that there is no escape for 198 USEFUL BIRDS. the tree insects which it pursues unless they reach the upi)erair, where the Redstart seldom goes, except in has been named the flycatcher of t
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