. Bird-lore . the worms have been quite de-structive in Wareham, Massachusetts,they have done no harm at all on my farm. The Audubon Societies 401 In fact, you would never know from theappearance of vegetation that there wasa worm on the place. I have taken extrapains this year to attract the birds, andthey have eaten a great many of theworms. Thirty or forty rods away frommy place the worms are beginning to bedestructive, and in other parts of thetown they have done a good deal of have done no appreciable injuryon other farms where I have put up nest- this year, birds were v
. Bird-lore . the worms have been quite de-structive in Wareham, Massachusetts,they have done no harm at all on my farm. The Audubon Societies 401 In fact, you would never know from theappearance of vegetation that there wasa worm on the place. I have taken extrapains this year to attract the birds, andthey have eaten a great many of theworms. Thirty or forty rods away frommy place the worms are beginning to bedestructive, and in other parts of thetown they have done a good deal of have done no appreciable injuryon other farms where I have put up nest- this year, birds were very plentiful, as theboxes were nearly all occupied, and theywere feeding on the army-worm in largenumbers. Recently I saw here quite anumber of Heath Hens apparently feedingon the army-worm. Where poisoned branwas used in trenches to kill the worms ona large estate formerly owned by ProfessorShaler, very few birds were seen, and wehad several reports that dead birds hadbeen found along the trenches, but I got. -z THE ARMY-WORM I. Caterpillar; 2. Chrysalis; 3. Adult Moth {Leucania unipunctala) ing-boxes in quantities. In MarthasVineyard, the army-worms have cut corn-crops to the ground. It is rather signifi-cant that the worms have done the mostharm where poisons have been used tocheck them. Where no poison has beenused, and where the birds have beenattracted, the worms (although verynumerous) have not done very much the state reservation, where theHeath Hen has been protected, and wherea great many nesting-boxes were put up there about a week too late and did notsee any personally. I hear that a goodmany Blackbirds and Robins have beenpoisoned, and that Quail have disappearedwhere the poison has been used. In another letter Mr. Forbush adds:I am under the impression that iffresh grass were sprayed at night for theworms, it would be just as effective asthe bran, and there would not be so muchrisk of the poisoning of birds. Some of theentomologists recommend this. 402 Bi
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