é THE BLUE-BIRD. LTT 
Its song is a soft pleasing warble, which is often repeated, 
and is uttered by the bird both when flying and perching. 
In capturing insects, it has many of the habits of the Fly- 
catchers. It remains perching on a post or twig until its 
prey shows itself, when it suddenly flies at it flapping 
its wings rapidly, seizes it, and returns to its perch to eat 
it. It often descends quickly, and seizes a grasshopper that 
is crawling on a straw or weed; and, if it misses its aim, 
even follows it while flying. 
About the last week of October, the parents and young 
leave in a detached flock for the South. 
