. 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 . PLATE XVII. — Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the Omniv-orous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth. Georsivtown (where observations were made). July 11, 18U1). (From the aimiialreport of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, ISIIU.) BIRDS, CATERPILLARS, AND PLANT LICE. 145 billed Cuckoos that were coming and going all the time I was there,and they were
. 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 . PLATE XVII. — Pines, Oaks, and Other Trees, stripped by the Omniv-orous Caterpillars of the Gipsy Moth. Georsivtown (where observations were made). July 11, 18U1). (From the aimiialreport of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, ISIIU.) BIRDS, CATERPILLARS, AND PLANT LICE. 145 billed Cuckoos that were coming and going all the time I was there,and they were eating large quantities of larva?. The young would takea larva and work it over with the Ijill for a long time, and then swallowit. The old ones would take a larva, beat it on a limb a few times, andswallow it. Most of the birds were gone by They weremost plentiful between and 7 The Cuckoos and Chickadeeswere coming and going all day. When we came in sight of tlie placeafter dinner we saw nine Crows fly to the edge of the stripped patch,and alight in the trees that were partially stripped, but when we triedto get near them, they flew away. When I went into the colony Ifound there were still t
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