. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . ulphur yellow under wings. Dark brown,heavy beak. Range—Eastern North America, from southern Canada to Panama. Migrations—Early May. September. Summer resident. A certain ornithologist tells with complacent pride of havingshot over fifty-eight rose-breasted grosbeaks in less than threeweeks (during the breeding season) to learn what kind of foodthey had in their crops. This kind of devotion to science mayhave quite as much to do with the growing s
. Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . ulphur yellow under wings. Dark brown,heavy beak. Range—Eastern North America, from southern Canada to Panama. Migrations—Early May. September. Summer resident. A certain ornithologist tells with complacent pride of havingshot over fifty-eight rose-breasted grosbeaks in less than threeweeks (during the breeding season) to learn what kind of foodthey had in their crops. This kind of devotion to science mayhave quite as much to do with the growing scarcity of this birdin some localities as the demands of the milliners, who, however,receive all of the blame for the slaughter of our beautiful farmers in Pennsylvania, who, with more truth than poetry,call this the potato-bug bird, are taking active measures, how-ever, to protect the neighbor that is more useful to their crop thanall the insecticides known. It also eats flies, wasps, and grubs. Seen upon the ground, the dark bird is scarcely attractive withhis clumsy beak overbalancing a head that protrudes with stupid- 60. BROTHER AND SISTER ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, TWO WEEKS OLD
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