Identifier: birdlifeguid00chap (find matches)
Title: Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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anager spends the winter in Central andSouth America with his numerous relatives, and in thespring reaches the latitude of New York city about May5, remaining until October. It frequents both high andlow woods, but prefers rather open growths of white oak.Its nest is usually placed on the horizontal branch of anoak limb. The three or four eggs are pale greenish blue,with numerous reddish brown markings. The Tanagers call-note is a characteristic chip-churr ;his song is not unlike the Robins, but is not so free andringing. Mounting to the topmost branch, often of adead or partially dead tree, he sings, Look-up, way-up,looh-at-me, tree-top^ and with frequent pauses repeats theinvitation. Swallows. (Family Hirundinidje.) Primarily, Swallows are remarkable for their powerof flight. Their long, bladelike wings show how well theyare fitted for life in the air; their small feet, on theother hand, are of little service except in perching, andgive evidence of the effect of disuse (see Fig. 6).
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Plate LXI. Page 168. MYRTLE WARBLER. Length, 5-65 inches. Winter plumage, crown-patch, rump, and sides ofbreast yellow; back brown and black; under parts black and white.Summer plumage, similar, but upper parts gray and black; more blackon under parts. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.Length, 5-10 inches. Upper parts yellowish green; face brighter;breast black; belly white. SWALLOWS. 157 The aerial ability of Swallows accounts for their widedistribution, the eighty known species being representedin all parts of the world. Only six of them inhabit thenortheastern States, but they are so active and so easilyobserved, that they rank among our most abundant andbest-known birds. Swallows are eminently insectivorous. The Tree Swal-low is known to feed on bayberries when its usual fare iswanting, but, with this exception, it is doubtful if anybut insect food passes a Swallows bill from one yearsend to another. Recalling now the activity of Swallows,which both necessitates a large supply of food

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