. Review of reviews and world's work. A COKNKU IN A IMNE FIELD. 456 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF travelers palm. stroying them and their eggs as weU. Thesebirds had heretofore been invaUial)le to the coun-try, because they lived upon the pestiferous tickwhich is such a nuisance to man and the disappearance of the birds, the ticksincreased enormously, and now, in their turn,they are attacking the mongoose. Raisers ofpoultry in Jamaica would consider it a blessingif every mongoose were swept off the the animal had succeeded in doing awaywith the snakes, and
. Review of reviews and world's work. A COKNKU IN A IMNE FIELD. 456 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF travelers palm. stroying them and their eggs as weU. Thesebirds had heretofore been invaUial)le to the coun-try, because they lived upon the pestiferous tickwhich is such a nuisance to man and the disappearance of the birds, the ticksincreased enormously, and now, in their turn,they are attacking the mongoose. Raisers ofpoultry in Jamaica would consider it a blessingif every mongoose were swept off the the animal had succeeded in doing awaywith the snakes, and made the rats seek safetyin the cocoanut trees, it went for the , prices rose skyward, and it was con-sidered a luxury to have poultry on the the destruction which the tick now does tothe young mongoose, it is said by those whoknow that the ground-laying birds are once moreappearing, and it is further suggested that morebirds should be imported. The cattle-ownerswill welcome the feathered agency that formerlyminimized the effect of the ticks by feeding onthese insects. With t
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