. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. invaluable services, it helps itself somewhat freely to the smaller fruits, and hence Mg. I9S. , ' - IS most unwisely perse- cuted.* Laniidae. — The Shrike devours the larger insects and smaller birds, striking them senseless by one blow upon the head with its powerful toothed beak. Its claws CoUvnoiorealis, i. being feeble, it impales its victims upon thorns, often a number at a time on the same bush, that it may eat them at its leisure. While dis- membering, it cunningly stands upon the inner side, so as to transfix them more comple
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. invaluable services, it helps itself somewhat freely to the smaller fruits, and hence Mg. I9S. , ' - IS most unwisely perse- cuted.* Laniidae. — The Shrike devours the larger insects and smaller birds, striking them senseless by one blow upon the head with its powerful toothed beak. Its claws CoUvnoiorealis, i. being feeble, it impales its victims upon thorns, often a number at a time on the same bush, that it may eat them at its leisure. While dis- membering, it cunningly stands upon the inner side, so as to transfix them more Tanagridse.—The male Scarlet Tauager, in the third and following years, has, with the exception of the jet-black wings and tail, a fiery-red plumage, in brilliant con- trast with the green leaves among which it flits. After the August molting, and during the first year, it is not distinguishable, in its greenish livery, from the female, its gay summer plumage being assumed on re-entering our southern borders in the spring. The birds of this family feed mainly upon the insects in the topmost branches of trees, * Often alighting side "by pide, the outer one of the Berics will pluck a cherry within reach and pass it to the second, and he to the third, and so on to the etid, and then back again to where it stai'ted, repeating: the raanceuvre several times, until, the appetite whetted up, some one of the line will take a hite and spoil the fun. t In like manner it has heen observed, when in continement, to weave the body of a mouse between the wires of the cage, that it might bear a heavier pull while being torn in pieces. Fig. Pyranga ruhra^ Scarlet Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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