. 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 . )er sur-face is covered with very minutespines, directed backward ; its tipis a-s hard as horn, with manystrong 1)arbs, ^vliich make of it aweapon more effective in its waythan a fish spear. The machineryfor thrusting it forth is most perfect. Fig. 103. — Skull and tongue of Woodpecker.(From Samuels.)

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