A Year With the Birds Or the Birds And Seasons of New England
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Feet from the ground, then soaring above the height of the lower clouds, he sails about with but little motion of the wings, till he is out of sight. These flights seem to be made for his own amusement ; for it cannot be supposed that he finds the larger insects that constitute his prey at so great a height. The boldness displayed by the Purple Martin in driving Hawks and Crows from his neighborhood accounts for the respect in which he was held by the Indians, who were great admirers of courage.... " So well known, " says Wil- BIRDS OF THE AIR. 171 son, " is this to the lower birds and to the domestic poul- try, that as soon as they hear the Martin's voice engaged in fight, all is alarm and consternation. " The Martin is often victor in contests with the Kingbird, perhaps when one is tired of the contest another takes his place with fresh vigor, so that the Kingbird is finally driven away and conquered. THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW. *The Chimney-Swallow attracts general attention on account of its practice of building its nest in the un- used flue of a chimney.
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