146 FINDING NATURE'S TREASURES 
and beetles, too, and they seem to like grasshoppers bet¬ 
ter than anything else. Flycatcher is a very good name, 
after all, because they do catch things that fly, but most 
people, now, call them just scissor-tail. Their tails are 
so long that they can't walk on the ground very fast, but 
their tails help them greatly in flying. That is why they 
catch their food in the air instead of on the ground." 
“There is another one," said Buddy. “It is not so large 
as the first one, and it does not have such pretty red 
feathers under its wings. Could that be Mrs. Scissor- 
tail?" 
“Yes, you're right," replied Uncle Jack. “They may 
have a nest in one of these small trees." 
“Oh, let's see if we can find it," said Marylee. 
The children began hunting among the trees for the 
nest. 
“Here it is," shouted Fred, pointing upward. 
Uncle Jack and the others hurried up. Buddy climbed 
up into the small tree to look into the nest. 
“There are five eggs here," Buddy called down to 
them. “They are white with little brown spots all over 
them." 
Marylee wanted to see the eggs, too. She did not wait 
for Buddy to come down. She climbed up into the tree 
just as Buddy had. 
“Uncle Jack, the nest is made of many things," she 
said. “There is some grass, and a few stems of weeds. 
The weed stems have soft balls on them that look like 
fur." 
