. 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. (ieoriictown (wlicre ^ observations were made), July 11, I8.»j. (From the annualreport of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 18i)9.) BIRDS, CATERPILLARS, AND PLANT LICE. 145 billed Cuckoos that were coming- anil going all the time I was there,and they
. 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. (ieoriictown (wlicre ^ observations were made), July 11, I8.»j. (From the annualreport of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 18i)9.) BIRDS, CATERPILLARS, AND PLANT LICE. 145 billed Cuckoos that were coming- anil going all the time I was there,and they were eating large quantities of larva3. 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 the placeafter dinner we saw nine Crows tly to the edge of the stripped })atch,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 st
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