tyrant flycatcher. 53 
H®. teases the eagle incessantly, sweeps 
iescenit 1 right and left, remounts, that he may 
^hile t • '* hack with the greater violence ; all the 
®t>ntiun'**^*'i!” ^ shrill and rapid twittering; and 
he sometimes for more than a mile, 
®airei- f *** hy some other of his tribe equally 
Thc^”'’ 
^®Pidit^ 'f i?*'*' however, ndiich, by its superior 
him- -T I , , sometimes more than a match for 
retreat it' se.veral times witnessed his precipitate 
'Martin *•'''* “rtivc antagonist. This is the purple 
^ his o**-^'*^ ^'hose food and disposition is pretty similar 
On wiiif"^’ ^***' greatly the advantage of him 
ple'f’ *** cl'Kliug all his attacks, and tetising him as 
pecker *“• ^ *’®®" **'“ red-headed wood- 
nimselt' • <-'liugiug on a rail of the fence, amuse 
60.- * "'\th the violence of the king bird, and play 
hi"hl^^' him round the rail, while the latter, 
sid'c t roade every attempt, as he swept from 
Wee 'b**'***’ strike him, but in vain. All his turbu- 
^ shift'^t^ '*'^*^* ’ ''•T'rishes as soon as his young are able 
Peacpttti themselves; .and he is then as mild and 
But h® 'f. 
®®®rc oh* '!*•* ** worse habit than all these ; one much 
hiinself ”*1^*®!*’* to the husbandman, and often fatal to 
*t must I .''®s> o^t the honey, but the Aces; and, 
those lirti* ‘;°']t®'<sed, is frequently on the look-out for 
* Post o‘' ®|'‘''lI’®trious insects. He plants himself on 
ttot far r t '® mnee, or on a small tree in the garden, 
^ they *" *? ood from thence sallies on them 
?Umbers*H'" I *■*”'■'**’ 8'root havoc among their 
totimati/ i *** ® "’*tl twitter, so near to the house, gives 
?'*ts»on 1 the farmer of wh.at is going on, and the 
“'oiseif i his career for ever. Man arrogates to 
***d, after” the exclusive privilege of murder; 
to dVith PJ'tt'og thousands of these same little insects 
The teoits of their labour. 
Auril ” ‘’’•'''‘•re in Pennsylvania about the 20 th 
ther an’a**”**”™*!* small bodies of five and six toge- 
’ ‘‘t first very silent, until they begin to 
