. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . se tops. Whenbuilding its nest it breaks off twigs from the trees as it flies,and glues them to the chimney with its own saliva. It is amost expert insect catcher, and while hawking about for foodfor its young fills up its mouth and cheeks with insects,carrying them much as a chipmunk carries corn. It appearsto be of a playful disposition. I saw a Swift one day inConcord app
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . se tops. Whenbuilding its nest it breaks off twigs from the trees as it flies,and glues them to the chimney with its own saliva. It is amost expert insect catcher, and while hawking about for foodfor its young fills up its mouth and cheeks with insects,carrying them much as a chipmunk carries corn. It appearsto be of a playful disposition. I saw a Swift one day inConcord apparently amusing itself by chasing Cedar Birds,that were fly-catching, over the river. When a Cedar Birdflew out over the water the Swift turned and chased it backinto the trees again, often following so closely as to seemabout to attempt to swallow the frightened and fleeing bird. Swifts catch flies, small beetles of various kinds, flyingants, bugs, grasshoppers, and other insects, and spiders. A notion exists that these birds introduce bedbugs intohouses; but so far as I know it has never been proven thatthere is any parasite common to both human beings andbirds, with perhaps a single exception, — the PLATE XXX. — Nighthawk.
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