FOOD OF BIRDS. 
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Tackycineta bicolor. White-bellied Swallow. Summer resident. Abundant. 
Petrochelidon luuifrous. Cliff Swallow; Eave Swallow. Summer resident. Very 
common. 
Cotyle riparia. Bank Swallow ; Sand Martin. Summer resident. Very common. 
Stelgidopterix serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. Summer resident. Abundant 
Progne purpurea. Purple Martin. Summer resident. Abundant. 
Birds of this family feed exclusively upon winged insects, and their 
habits in this respect are well known. The various swallows b ed pi in 
ci pally upon gnats, flies and musquitoes, but the larger Martin devours 
wasps, bees, beetles and other large insects as well. 
Family Ampelidje. Waxwings. 
Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Wax wing. Winter visitor. Rare. 
“ cedrorum. Cedar Bird ; Cherry Bird. Resident. Very common. 
Of these birds the first named is found only in northern Ohio in winter, 
and when here feeds upon berries. The Cedar Bird is well known, and 
has been most unjustly judged. It is true that he gorges himself almost 
to insensibility upon cherries and berries, and sometimes proves a most 
destructive visitor to gardens and orchards. Iu spring, however, his 
appetite for beetles, caterpillars arid canker-worms is equally voracious. 
He is, moreover, a most expert flycatcher. In winter he subsists upon 
various berries, especially preferring those of the juniper, gum and moun- 
tain ash. 
Family Vireonid^e. Vireos, or Greenlets. 
Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed* Vireo. Summer resident. Abundant. 
“ Philadelphians. Brotherly-love Vireo. -Migrant. Rare. 
“ gilvus. Warbling Vireo Summer resident. Very common. 
“ ilavifrous. Yellow-throated Vireo. Summer resident. Common. 
“ solitaxius. Blue-headed Vireo. Solitary Vireo. Migrant Not common. 
“ noveboracensis. White- eyed Vireo. Summer resident. Not common. 
Birds of this family affect mostly .woodland, except that the Warbling 
Vireo is most common iu towns and cities and along the wooded banks 
of streams ; and the White-eyed Vireo affects thickets. Their food con- 
sists largely of caterpillars, with a liberal admixture ot other insects, 
their larvm and eggs. In the fall they eat sparingly of soft berries. 
Family Laniidje. Shrikes. • 
Collurio' borealis. Great Northern Shrike. Butcher Bird. V inter resident. Not 
common. 
Collnrio lndovicianus Loggerhead Shrike. Summer resident. Common. 
.. mr . excubitoroidee. White-rumped Shrike. Sommer resi- 
dent. Common. 
The Shrikes or Butcher Birds form an interesting family, their habits 
iu some respects resembling. those of birds of prey on one band and sing. 
on the other. Their food consists mainly of large insects, such 
