CHAPTER XIII. 



FLYCATCHERS. 



THE Flycatchers are a distinct and important branch 

 of that 

 st a n d i n g 

 army of 

 birds which 

 nature 

 keeps to 

 make war 

 upon the in- 

 sect hordes 

 that threat- 

 en to eat 

 her up. 

 Their duty 

 is well de 

 fined and 

 they keep 

 to it. They 

 hunt for no 

 caterpillars 

 among 

 leaves, nor 

 tap trees for 



Paradise and Fantailed Flycatchers. 



grubs, nor 



rum mage 



about the ground for beetles and worms. There are 



Others whose office it is to do all these things. The 



