. 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 . soms of the red maple, the seeds of such trees as the white ash, and the ber-ries of the red cedar, mountain ash, and other trees. But, as with the ^. ^ Grosbeak, the pruning or cutting of Fig. ;u,„,e Fine, ™ buds, blossoms, and seeds of trees -^outone-half natural size. is not ordinarily excessive. On the other hand, this birdeats many of the seeds of the most d
. 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 . soms of the red maple, the seeds of such trees as the white ash, and the ber-ries of the red cedar, mountain ash, and other trees. But, as with the ^. ^ Grosbeak, the pruning or cutting of Fig. ;u,„,e Fine, ™ buds, blossoms, and seeds of trees -^outone-half natural size. is not ordinarily excessive. On the other hand, this birdeats many of the seeds of the most destructive weeds, racr-weed being a favorite. The Purple Finch also destroysmany orchard and woodland caterpillars. It is particularlydestructive to plant lice and cankerworms. Its quest ofjeed seeds is sometimes rcNvarded l3y some insects which ittinds on the ground, among them ground beetles and tew cutworms. If a bird of this species is confined in a trap cage in sprino-and exposed in a conspicuous place, most of the Purilei^ inches m the neighborhood may be trapped. The o-roaterpart of the Linnets in many localities have been taken inthis way, despite the law and its officers, who are on the look-. 222 USEFUL BIRDS. out for the lawbreakers. The birds have been sold in the birdstores or sent to Europe as red or gray Linnets. This mayaccount for a local scarcity of this Finch in some places whereit was formerly common. American Goldfinch. Yellow Bird. Wild Canary. Thistle Bird. As(ntlu(/iiins —Aboiit five Male. — Bright, rich canary-yellow; crown black; wings and tail black, Female. — Above, brownish-olive; below, grayish-white, tinged with yellow; wings and tail much like those of male, but more — Much like female. Male in Winter. — Like female, but retaining his black-and white wings and \Tggi_ — j^ cup of grass and moss, down-lmed ; built in a fork or branch-crotch from six to fo
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