DESTROYERS OF INSECT PESTS 83 



A bob-white kept in captivity ate 568 mosquitoes 

 in two hours. 



The following birds have been known to feed on 

 house-flies: wood pewee, phoebe, yellow- throated 

 vireo, martin, bob-white, and horned lark. 



A bob-white kept in captivity ate 1350 flies in one 

 day. 



Mr. E. H. Baynes, in his "Wild Bird Guests," 

 writes : — 



The pair of phoebes on our piazza, with two pairs of tree 

 swallows which nest in boxes in the garden, and a pair of 

 barn swallows in the barn, keep our house practically free 

 from flies and mosquitoes all summer long. 



