 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1897 - 332 pages
...so abundant that the hum of their united voices becomes an almost inherent part of the atmosphere. In the air Swallows and Swifts are coursing rapidly...When they retire, the Nighthawks and "Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day -flying birds.... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1897 - 318 pages
...insects which constitute their sole food. When they retire, the Nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day -flying birds. The Flycatchers lie in wait, darting from ambush at passing prey, and with a suggestive... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1899 - 314 pages
...so abundant that the hum of their united voices becomes an almost inherent part of the atmosphere. In the air Swallows and Swifts are coursing rapidly...When they retire, the Nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day -flying birds.... | |
 | Frank A. De Puy - 1900 - 444 pages
...ornamental shrubbery, shade and forest trees. In the air swallows and swifts course ever in pursuit of insects which constitute their sole food. When they...nocturnal insects which would escape the day-flying birds. The woodpeckers, nuthatches, and creepers attend to the tree trunks and limbs, examining carefully... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1901 - 468 pages
...so abundant that the hum of their united, voices becomes an almost inherent part of the atmosphere. In the air Swallows and Swifts are coursing rapidly...When they retire, the Nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching motlis and other nocturnal insects which would escape day-flying birds.... | |
 | James Bolton McBryde - 1901 - 280 pages
...in summer when the hum of insect life fills and becomes almost an inherent part of the atmosphere. " In the air, swallows and swifts are coursing rapidly...When they retire the nighthawks and whippoorwills will take up the chasu, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day-flying birds.... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1901 - 468 pages
...so abundant that the hum of their united voices becomes an almost inherent part of the atmosphere. In the air Swallows and Swifts are coursing rapidly...When they retire, the Nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day-flying birds.... | |
 | James Bolton McBryde - 1901 - 280 pages
...in summer when the hum of insect life fills and becomes almost an inherent part of the atmosphere. " In the air, swallows and swifts are coursing rapidly...pursuit of the insects which constitute their sole food. AVhen they retire the nighthawks and whippoorwills will take up the chase, catching moths and other... | |
 | 1906 - 248 pages
...most distinguished living ornithologist, has well said: "In the air, swallows and swifts are coursing to and fro, ever in pursuit of the insects which constitute...moths and other nocturnal insects which would escape day-flying birds. The fly-catchers lie in wait, darting from ambush at passing prey, and with a suggestive... | |
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In the air Swallows and Swifts are coursing rapidly to and fro, ever in pursuit of the insects which constitute their sole food. When they retire, the Nighthawks and "Whip-poor-wills will take up the chase, catching moths and other nocturnal insects which... 
