. 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 . of the ash are eatenby Grosbeaks andPurple the conifer-ous trees none aremore attractive to Fiff. 157. — Seed catkins of the gray birch. , . i • i ,i certain birds thanthe white pine, the pitch pine, and the larch or first two offer insect food to many Warblers ; their conesand shoots are utilized by birds and squiirels in winter. Thespruces and
. 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 . of the ash are eatenby Grosbeaks andPurple the conifer-ous trees none aremore attractive to Fiff. 157. — Seed catkins of the gray birch. , . i • i ,i certain birds thanthe white pine, the pitch pine, and the larch or first two offer insect food to many Warblers ; their conesand shoots are utilized by birds and squiirels in winter. Thespruces and hemlocks also have their following among thebirds. These conifers are valuable for the shelter they pro-vide in winter to all birds, from Owls to Sparrows. There are numerous fruit-bearing trees, shrul)s, and vinesthat are essential to bird welfare. In the present state ofour knowledge of bird food it would not be difficult to namemost of these plants, giving with each a provisional list ofthe birds that feed upon it; but it will be sufficient for thepresent purpose to give merely a list of the plants, indicat-ing by an asterisk which are among the most important asfurnishing food for a large nunil)er of A Lifif of Fruii-hedring Trees, Shrubs, (tnd Vines furnishiiig Food for sarsaijarilla, ..... Aralia niidicauUs. * American moxintain ash, .... Sorbus Americana. * European mountain ash, .... Sorbus Aiicnparia. * Stagliorn sumac, . . - . Bhus hirla.
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