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The Fly-catcher 
\HIS bird is called the “fly-catcher” 
because with that ever-open bill of 
his he catches the flies upon which 
he lives, while he is on the wing. Of course, 
he would have to, if he were going to catch 
flies at all, for should he alight beside them, 
they would have plenty of chance to get 
away. This is the crested fly-catcher, and 
he is a little smaller than a robin. He is 
olive above, with his head brown. His throat and breast are gray, his body 
bright yellow, and his tail and wings are rusty red. He eats berries, too. 
The Song Sparrow 
T HE song sparrow is a singer by na¬ 
ture, and cannot keep his songs to 
himself, even when all the other 
birds are silent. He is only as big as a 
sparrow, but he seems to be all song as he 
perches on a bush or tree and bursts forth 
into music. His head is brown, his back 
and wings brownish gray, while underneath 
he is gray, shading almost to white and 
streaked with very dark brown. There is a black spot on his breast. His 
tail is plain grayish brown. He nests on the ground or in a low bush. 
The Bluebird 
L IKE a bit of bright blue sky, dropping down into the orchard, seems 
the bluebird as he returns in March to his northern summer home. 
His back, wings, and tail are blue, while his throat, breast, and 
sides are a reddish brown, changing to 
white beneath. He is about an inch longer 
than the sparrow. He sings a great deal, 
and it is a cheerful song. He and his mate 
make for their old nest in some hollow tree 
or box, and line it with grasses and feathers. 
They live on grasshoppers, beetles, grubs, 
and other pests. Their summer’s work is to 
raise three broods of little ones. 
