. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by ilrs. F. W. Roe A RKD-nELLIHD WOODPECKER This is a common bird in our Southern States and occasionally is seen as far north as iFassacIiusetts. It inhabits alike coniferous and deciduous growths, but prefers the latter. It ascends a tree in a curious, jerky fashion, accompanying each upward move by a hoarse chi'ih-chuli. or Ijuzzards of tlie Snuth are protected liiith Ijy law and piiljlic sentiment, and as a result the}' are ndt (,)nly exceedingly abundant, but remarkably tame. But we do nut realize that gulls and some
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by ilrs. F. W. Roe A RKD-nELLIHD WOODPECKER This is a common bird in our Southern States and occasionally is seen as far north as iFassacIiusetts. It inhabits alike coniferous and deciduous growths, but prefers the latter. It ascends a tree in a curious, jerky fashion, accompanying each upward move by a hoarse chi'ih-chuli. or Ijuzzards of tlie Snuth are protected liiith Ijy law and piiljlic sentiment, and as a result the}' are ndt (,)nly exceedingly abundant, but remarkably tame. But we do nut realize that gulls and some (jther water birds are also beneficial as scaven- gers in eating refuse, which if left float- ing on the water would often be cast ashore to deca)'. Dr. deorge F. Oaumer, of ^'ucatan, tells me that the killing of immense numbers of herons and other littoral birds in Yucatan has been fol- lowed b\' an increase in human mortalitN' among the inhabitants of the coast, which he is assured is a direct result cif tjie destruction of liirds that formerly as- sisted in keeping the beaches and bayous free from decaying animal matter. hzick of space forljids an adequate treatment of this subject, but reference to the works and ])a|)ers mentioned be- low* will support the statement that, if *Notes on the Nature iif the Food of the l'>irds of Nebraska, li.\' S. Aughey; First An- nual Rcnort of the I'liitcd States Entomo- Ingical Commission for the ^'ear 1877, Appen- dix ii. PI). 13-62. The Food of Birds, by S. A. ]<'iirl)es; Bulletin No. 3, Illinois State Labora- tory of Natural History, 18S0, pp. 80-148. The Uegulative Action of Birds upon Insect Os- we were deprived of the services of birds, the earth \\'ould soon become un- inhabitable. WHAT TIIEY ASK IX RETURN Xevertheless, the feathered protectors of our farms and gardens, plains and forests, rec|uire so little encouragement from us—indeed, ask only tolerance— that we accept their ser^'ices much as vce do the air we breathe.
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