BIRDS AND INSECTS 115 



FLY-FISHING FOR HORNETS. 



Late in the afternoon while fly-fishing for bass 

 on the lake it is no uncommon occurrence to have 

 the night-hawks sweep down with a w-h-r-r-r-r! 

 after the feather lures ; indeed, upon more than one 

 occasion I have jerked my fly away for fear of 

 hooking one of these interesting and useful birds. 

 But the night-hawk is not the only bird which will 

 take the artificial fly. All of the fly-catchers, 

 phoebe birds, king birds, or any of their kin will 

 take a fly as readily as a trout. In the branches 

 overhanging a dark, deep bass hole, where an 

 "old settler" of generous proportions used to lurk, 

 two gnatcatchers had built thei^ nest, which I only 

 discovered from the fact that every time I made a 



HORNETS IN FLIGHT 



