. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . 10. Wings long and powerful ; feet small andweak ; usually seen on the wing. p. 196. Swallows. 10. Wings not long and powerful ; feet not smalland weak ; not usually seen on the Tail stiff and pointed, used as a prop in ,^^0 climbing. Seen on tree trunks . .p. 349. Brown Creeper. 11. Tail not stiff and pointed, and not used as aprop in Bill conical for crackingseeds ; color variable ; most-ly ground and bush-haunting birds. p. 246. Finches and Sparrows. 12. Bill slender for catching insects. 13. Wagtails ; tails co
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . 10. Wings long and powerful ; feet small andweak ; usually seen on the wing. p. 196. Swallows. 10. Wings not long and powerful ; feet not smalland weak ; not usually seen on the Tail stiff and pointed, used as a prop in ,^^0 climbing. Seen on tree trunks . .p. 349. Brown Creeper. 11. Tail not stiff and pointed, and not used as aprop in Bill conical for crackingseeds ; color variable ; most-ly ground and bush-haunting birds. p. 246. Finches and Sparrows. 12. Bill slender for catching insects. 13. Wagtails ; tails constantly wagged ; usually seen in flocks on ground. Hind toe-nail elongated p. 348 Pipit. FIELD COLOR KEY xlix 13. Not Size relatively large ; upper parts andtail not barred or streaked ; breastspotted p. 360. Thrushes. 14. Size relatively small ; upper partsor tail barred or streaked ; breastnot spotted . . .p. 205. Wrens. BIRDS OF VILLAGE AND FIELD. Fig. 1. Ruby-throated Hummingbird : Trochilus colubris. Adult male, upper parts, bright green; throat, metallic ruby red. Female and young, similar, but without red on throat. Length, about 3| Distribution. — Eastern North America ; breeds from Florida to Labrador ; Avinters from southern Florida to Central America. What tantalizing little sprites these airy dart-ers are I Quietly feeding before the trumpet-vine ^A RUBY-THROATED HUAnilNGBIRD over the piazza one moment, gone with a whirrthe next, where, how far, who can say ? As themother bird vanishes and reappears, reappearsand vanishes, it becomes plain that she is carry-ing food to her young. Her nest is the mostexquisite of all the beautiful structures of wingedarchitects, her domestic life and ways of caringfor her young among the most original and curi-ous. Surely the patience of the bird-lover shouldbe equal to the task of discovering her found, it proves to be, like its builder, thesmallest of its
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