. 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 . ■■yyC^ y^/7^^P^-i^^ Fig. 122. -The fall weh worm. The caterijillarB {a, h, c) are eaten hy Cuckoos. the characteristic markings of the tail, which serve to distin-guish the bird in the field. Moreover, the notes of thisspecies are heavier and coarser than those of the Black-billed(!uck()o. Schuyler Mathews well describes a characteristiccry of this l)ird as Gr-r~r-oJp,
. 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 . ■■yyC^ y^/7^^P^-i^^ Fig. 122. -The fall weh worm. The caterijillarB {a, h, c) are eaten hy Cuckoos. the characteristic markings of the tail, which serve to distin-guish the bird in the field. Moreover, the notes of thisspecies are heavier and coarser than those of the Black-billed(!uck()o. Schuyler Mathews well describes a characteristiccry of this l)ird as Gr-r~r-oJp, cowlp, covlp-olp-olii. AH thisis delivered with little if any variation in tone, and in a voiceseemingly as deep as that of a Heron. 26(3 USEFUL BIRDS. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is common in eastern Massa-chusetts, although it is rather more local than the preced-ing species ; but it is rare in the highlands of the northernand western counties. Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright statesthat this bird seemed to follow an epidemic of tent wormsinto Connecticut, and that it was abundant for two years inorchards and gardens containing fruit trees. She asserts thatit did its work so thoroughly that orchards which were cov-ered
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