SOME BIRDS WITH A BAD NAME. 51 
Mr. Farmer has not yet found out everything about the 
bee-martin, or he would know that he eats a good many 
enemies of the bees, even if he does swallow a few of 
the bees themselves. 
KING-BIRD. 
We once saw these birds around our beehive and 
felt certain that they were eating the bees. They 
would dart close to the hives, snapping their bills and 
looking very savage. But we were willing to watch a 
long while, that we might be certain if we were not 
mistaken, and we did just right. 
There was some tall grass near the hives, and we 
