. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. A TRIBE OF WEED WAHRIORS 243 " Because this bird, besides wearing a beautiful rosy shield on his breast, and singing at morning and even- ing more beautifidly even than the very best Robin, is a very industrious and useful bird. He earns his living by helping farmers clear their fields of potato-bugs. If you go quietly over to the large potato lot on the north. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. side of the Farm, you will find these birds at work any morning. I saw them myself to-day, and am going to trust my crop entirely to thei
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. A TRIBE OF WEED WAHRIORS 243 " Because this bird, besides wearing a beautiful rosy shield on his breast, and singing at morning and even- ing more beautifidly even than the very best Robin, is a very industrious and useful bird. He earns his living by helping farmers clear their fields of potato-bugs. If you go quietly over to the large potato lot on the north. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. side of the Farm, you will find these birds at work any morning. I saw them myself to-day, and am going to trust my crop entirely to their keeping this season. Tliey are nesting in the young growth near these very river woods, and I will show you one of their homes presently. You see that protecting birds, and leaving suitable bits of woodland and brush for them to build in, is practical as well as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York, The Macmillan Company
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