File:Nature neighbors, embracing birds, plants, animals, minerals, in natural colors by color photography, containing articles by Gerald Alan Abbott, Dr. Albert Schneider, William Kerr Higley...and other (14768492423).jpg

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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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TRAILLS FLYCATCHERLife-size.
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II.ION FLYC ETCHER. FLYCATCHERS 263 tails of the wood pewee, phoebe, and Traills flycatcher indi-cate a rather pensive and demure disposition, in strikingcontrast to the demeanor of the nervous insectivorouswarblers that move from branch to branch, impulsivelyjerking their tails from side to side. Traills flycatcher is one of the last birds to join us inthe spring. Like the humming-bird and scarlet tanager, itmoves northward leisurely, not arriving in the Great Lakesregion until well along in May. The birds feed entirely on insects, which they capture onthe wing, usually by darting from their perch at every pass-ing fly or bug, many of which are too small to be distin-guished by the naked eye, so they are highly beneficial. While fairly common in Ohio and the Xew EnglandStates, their presence is seldom suspected, as this bird ofdull plumage appears to avoid publicity by feeding inshaded places where the verdure is dense and mosquitoesabound. The beautiful little nest, usually placed i

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