The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds (1921) (14566057767)

Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00hens (find matches)
Title: The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 National Geographic Society (U.S.) Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, Frederic Hedge, 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds -- United States
Publisher: Washington, D.C., National geographic society



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e.It is an active, nervous little creature, flittinghither and yon in search of food, and in springstopping only long enough to utter its beauti-ful song, surprisingly loud for the size of themusician. Three-fourths of its food consistsof wasps, bugs, and flies. Beetles are the onlyother item of importance (12 per cent). Thebugs eaten by the kinglet are mostly small,but, happily, they are the most harmful kinds.Tree-hoppers, leaf-hoppers, and juinping plantlice are pests and often do great harm to treesand smaller plants, while plant lice and scaleinsects are the worst scourges of the fruitgrower; in fact, the prevalence of the latterhas almost risen to the magnitude of a nationalperil. It is these small and seemingly insig-nificant birds that most successfully attack andhold in check these insidious foes of horticul-ture. The vegetable food consists of seeds ofpoison ivy, or poison oak, a few weed seeds,and a few small fruits, mostly elderberries.(See Biol. Surv. Bui. 30, pp. 81-84.)
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