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Title: A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Lord, William Rogers, 1847-1916
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Portland, Ore., W.R. Lord
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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xamination of the stomachs of over twohundred Kingbirds by Professor Beal, of theAgricultural Department at Washington, re-vealed the fact that only fourteen of the totalnumber had any bees at all in them, and thosewere mostly drones ; while sixty per cent of thecontents of these stomachs consisted of injuriousinsects. Every protection should be given tothese benefactors of the farmer, and they willmore and more come to live and nest in ourorchards. Though a King of the Birds, he is not,as is generally supposed, a tyrant king, un-less he is very unlike his eastern counterpart,**The King-bird. On the other hand, likethe bulldog among dogs (unless the bulldoghas been spoiled in training), the bird is justand tolerant. These birds can be readily distinguished fromthe other members of their family by their size.They are much larger. Particular Description. — Head, neck and breast,as above, light ashy-gray; crown, a concealed scarletpatch; back, olive-gray; tail, black, with white web of
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Kingbird. Olive sided Flycatcher. \i ^esiern Flycatcher.Traills Flycatcher. A rkansas Kingbird. Birds of Oregon and Washington 139 outer tail-feathers; abdomen, and sometimes lowerbreast, yellow. Summer resident. THE KINGBIRD. General Description : Upper parts: blackish-gray.Under parts: white.Length, 8.5 inches. Found in open places, nesting in trees ofmoderate size. The Kingbird of the East is not generallydistributed in this section. He is rare in theWillamette Valley and southwestern Washing-ton, but is not uncommon in eastern Oregon andWashington, and is reported as not rare aboutPuget Sound. In the North Atlantic States, he is to be foundat every turn. He sits upon the top of a treefrom twenty to thirty feet high, watching for thehapless insect, and on guard against bird-ene-mies of all kinds. Not even the predaceouscrow dare face this defender of his own andother birds* eggs and young. His agility on thewing is unequaled; and no offender may hope 140 Birds of Oregon and WasJimg

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