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do with respect to others, and destroy him. 

 The examination of the stomachs of over two 

 hundred Kingbirds by Professor Beal, of the 

 Agricultural Department at Washington, re- 

 vealed the fact that only fourteen of the total 

 number had any bees at all in them, and those 

 were mostly drones ; while sixty per cent of the 

 contents of these stomachs consisted of injurious 

 insects. Every protection should be given to 

 these benefactors of the farmer, and they will 

 more and more come to live and nest in our 

 orchards. 



Though a "King of the Birds," he is not, 

 as is generally supposed, a tyrant king, un- 

 less he is very unlike his eastern counterpart, 

 "The King-bird." On the other hand, like 

 the bulldog among dogs (unless the bulldog 

 has been spoiled in training), the bird is just 

 and tolerant. 



These birds can be readily distinguished from 

 the other members of their family by their size. 

 They are much larger. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Head, neck and breast, 

 as above, light ashy-gray; crown, a concealed scarlet 

 patch ; back, olive-gray ; tail, black, with white web of 



