Natural history of animals; . edpoll, the Yellow-throated Warbler, the Blackburnian Warbler, etc. Swallows. These beautiful Birds have long wings, short legs,and short, wide bill, and they spend much of their time PERCHERS. 91 upon the wing, skimming over fields and ponds, catch-ing small insects, which constitute their food. Onekind builds its nest upon the rafters in the barn, andis called the Barn Swallow; another builds its nestunder the eaves, and is called the Eave Swallow;another under cliffs, and is called the Cliff Swallow ;another digs a hole in a sandbank for its nest, and iscalled
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Natural history of animals; . edpoll, the Yellow-throated Warbler, the Blackburnian Warbler, etc. Swallows. These beautiful Birds have long wings, short legs, and short, wide bill, and they spend much of their time PERCHERS. 91 upon the wing, skimming over fields and ponds, catch-ing small insects, which constitute their food. Onekind builds its nest upon the rafters in the barn, andis called the Barn Swallow; another builds its nestunder the eaves, and is called the Eave Swallow;another under cliffs, and is called the Cliff Swallow ;another digs a hole in a sandbank for its nest, and iscalled the Bank Swallow ; and the Purple Martin comesand makes its nest in the martin houses placed for itnear our dwellings. Some persons suppose that thesebirds, requiring air and sunshine as much as we do, spend the winter in the mud at the bottom of ponds. Shrikes and Vireos. The Shrike, or Butcher Bird, is about as large as aRobin, of a bluish color, with black wings and tail.Although belonging to the song-birds, it is a hawk in. Fig. 126. — Shrike, or Butcher Bird. its disposition, preying upon sparrows, warblers, andother small birds, as well as upon insects. It oftenimitates the cries of other birds, perhaps to call themfrom the trees and bushes, that it may get a chanceto seize one of their number. It is called ButcherBird from its habit of impaling or hanging up its prey 92 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. upon thorns and other sharp points, as a butcher hangsmeats upon hooks in his stall. It builds a large nestof twigs, grass, and moss, in the forks of a tree. The Vireos are much smallerthan the Shrike, and mostlyolive-green above and light be-low. The Red-eyed Vireo hasthe iris of the eye red. Itsloud, clear notes are heard inthe tree-tops from spring tilllate in autumn. The White-eyed ana the Warbling Vireo are small, and their notesare very pleasant.