Phoebe. Water Pewee 



Phoebe is a devoted parent, and is rarely found far 

 from home. His nest seems to be the favorite abode of 

 an innumerable swarm of parasites, which sometimes 



cause the death of his offspring There is 



something familiar, trustful and homelike in the phoebe's 

 ways which has won him an undisputed place in our 

 affections. 



CHAPMAN. Handbook of Birds. 21 



It is a wee, sad-colored thing, 



As shy and secret as a maid, 

 That, ere in choir the robins ring, 



Pipes its own name like one afraid. 



LOWELL. 



QUAIL. BOB-WHITE 



He is neither a true quail nor a partridge and those who 

 claim that but one of these names is correct may com- 

 promise on "Bob-white." 



CHAPMAN. Bird Life. 22 



As a weed-seed and insect destroyer it is of such economic 

 importance that in Wisconsin, where it has been practically 

 exterminated, attempts have recently been made to re- 

 establish it. It eats the potato beetle, and it is particu- 

 larly fond of the moth that lays the egg that produces 

 the injurious, omnivorous cutworm. 



FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. Birds of Village and Field. 1 

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