File:The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds (1918) (14568771060).jpg

Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00nati (find matches)
Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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pour f(»rth the vastflocks that play havoc with gr.iin fields. I-astof the .Appalachian Range, marches on theshores of lakes, rivers, aiul estuaries are theonly available ■breeding sites and, as these arccomparatively few and small, the species isnnich less abundant than in the West. Red-wings are eminently gregarious, living in flocksand breeding in conmnmities. The food of theredwing consists of 27 per cent animal ni.itter.md 7.1 per cent vegetal)lc. Insects constitutepractically one-fourth of the food. Beetles(largely weevils, a most harmful group)..mount to 10 per cjnt. Grasshoppers arc eatenin every month and amount to about 5 percent. Caterpillars (among them the injuriousarmy worm) are eaten at all seasons and ag-gregate 6 per cent. .\nts. wasps, bugs, flies,dragouflies, ;ind spiders also are eaten. Thevegetal)le food consists of .seeds, includinggrain, of which oats is the favorite, and somesmall fruits. When in large flocks this bird iscapable of doing great harm to grain.
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iiiK >i..\(. Ki.K 01 iiiKiUM.M i..\r(iM.it This is a picture of the nest of Mr. and .Mrs. ^■ellow-llreastell Chat, and tlie majority fthe eggs belong to the lady of the house; but slu* has l>een im;)osed upon in her absence andmade the victim of the indolence of her neighbor, Mrs. Cowliird, who has laid an egg in theChat nest for Mrs. Chat to incubate with her own. Mrs. Cowl»ir«l, relieved of the respon-sibility of bringing u;i her ofTspring. is prol>ably otT inir«l. The darker egg is the alien embryo. M

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