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Identifier: birdsofwashingt00mayn (find matches)
Title: Birds of Washington and vicinity
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Maynard, Lucy (Warner), 1852-1936. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Woodward & Lothrop
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e moth which is destructive to grapes, and inplanting trees. He hides nuts and acorns in holes inthe ground and many of them sprout and grow, sothat we are indebted to him for some of our finestforest trees—oak, chestnut, and beech. Jays build in trees, from ten to fifteen feet abovethe ground, generally where a branch joins the trunk.The eggs, 4 to 6, are thickly marked with cinnamon-brown. FLYCATCHERS. Flycatchers have big heads and shoulders, and long,flat bills, slightly hooked at the end. Their manner offeeding is hawklike: from a prominent perch, whichgives a free, wide outlook, one will dash out after apassing insect, seize it with a click of the hooked bill,and return to his stand in readiness for the nextcomer. As Flycatchers live entirely on insects, they gosouth early in the fall. We have nesting here thePhoebe, Kingbird, Wood Pewee, the Acadian andGreat Crested Flycatchers, and in migration may seethe Alder, Yellow-bellied, and the Least—also calledChebec. KINGBIRD III
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KINGBIRD. Kingbird: Tyr annus tyrannus. Length Sy2 inches. Upper parts slate-color; head black with concealed orange-red crest; tail black, with terminal band of white. Under parts white. Resident (common) from April 20 to September; wintersin Central and South America. When a bird is seen chasing a Crow or Hawk anddriving it far out of the neighborhood, that is prob-ably the brave Kingbird defending his nest. And ifa rather large, dark gray bird with a white breast, andblack tail tipped with white, is seen perched on afence-post or telegraph wire from which he frequently 112 GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER circles out, it is doubtless this Flycatcher getting hisdinner. If near enough you would hear a sharp clickof the bill at every foray, for he seldom misses hismark. Kingbirds are abundant, which is fortunate for thecountry, as nearly nine-tenths of their food is in-jurious insects. They are especially partial to potato-bugs, grasshoppers, and rose-chafers. The nest is usually in large tre

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