. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . orkall through the winter and spring, they must be provided,with food, under shelter, to which they can resort duringsnowstorms and afterward, while the snow lies deep or whenall vegetation is covered with a coating of ice from the driv-ing sleet or freezing rain. The Sparrows seem to prefer, asa place of refuge from their enemies, the shelter aiforded bythickets and tangles
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . orkall through the winter and spring, they must be provided,with food, under shelter, to which they can resort duringsnowstorms and afterward, while the snow lies deep or whenall vegetation is covered with a coating of ice from the driv-ing sleet or freezing rain. The Sparrows seem to prefer, asa place of refuge from their enemies, the shelter aiforded bythickets and tangles of deciduous bushes and vines, such asmay sometimes be found on the south side of a hill near theedge of a swamp. A few brush piles will give them addi-tional shelter. A little chaff scattered in the dooryard willbring them about the house whenever a flurry of snow coversthe ground. Where there are scratching sheds for poultry,with the south side of each shed open except for its screenof poultry netting, the birds will find shelter and food oncold and stormy mornings. Birds readily pass through or-dinary two-inch mesh poultry netting, and when once in theshed they are safe from the attacks of cats and Hawks. Where. PLATE XXXIX.— A Bountiful Repast. .Juncus and a Tree Sparrow pickingup seed from the snow lieneath authors window.
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