ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
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Table showing the kinds and number of insects and spiders eaten by the Fly¬ 
catchers — continued. 
Number and Name op Speci¬ 
mens Examined. 
Classification 
OP Food. 
11 
29 
Hymenoptera .... 
6 
7 
Lepidoptera. 
14 
41 
Diptera. 
18 
66 
Beetles. 
Of forty-one Wood Pe- 
2 
£ 
.9 
cS 
2 
Hemiptera. 
wees examined. 
1 
a 
o 
1 
Grasshopper. 
9 
O 
13 
Dragon-flies. 
41 
268 
Adult forms *. 
1 
1 
Larve. 
1 
40 
Tipulid eggs. 
Of twenty-three Least 
Flycatchers exam¬ 
ined . 
4 
4 
4 
10 
1 
2 
1 
23 
2 
.9 
a 
o 
o 
39 
4 
18 
30 
3 
4 
1 
Hymenoptera... 
Lepidoptera. 
Diptera. 
Beetles. 
Heteroptera. 
Dragon-flies. 
Spider. 
Ratios Represented by Links. 
148 
3 
Adult forms *. 
Larvee. 
127. Tyrannus Carolinensis (Linn.), Bd. KINGBIRD; BEE MARTIN. 
Group I. Class b. 
The Kingbird amves early in May, and many of them appear to withdraw 
before the close of August. It is very common and frequents fields, pastures, 
meadows and the vicinity of dwellings. Nearly all of its food is taken upon the 
wing, but it occasionally comes to the ground in the manner of the Bluebird for 
insects. In “ Birds of Northeastern Illinois,” it is stated that Mr. Rice saw one 
of these birds plunge repeatedly into a stream in the manner of a Kingfisher. An 
examination of the stomach of this specimen showed that it had been eating 
aquatic insects. I have taken from the stomachs of young birds of this species 
bits of shells of small mollusks fSphceriuniJ; how they are obtained is unknown 
to me. 
It often nests in orchards, sometimes close to the house, and the solitary trees 
standing in fields and pastures are very desirable breeding places for it; from 
these places it has a good chance to watch for passing insects. It would tend 
to make these and other birds more abundant if more trees were left standing in 
the cultivated fields, or were planted there. 
Dr. Brewer is of the opinion that writers have somewhat exaggerated the 
> Scale only one-half. 
* Scale only one-fourth. 
