. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. 48 CIVIC BIOLOGY these are near the hives. This is a good problem to have thoroughly worked up in any neighborhood in which bees are kept. Family Alaudid<z (alauda, "a lark ")—larks. Horned hn-k — Otoco- ris alpestris. For open fields and prairies this is a valuable bird, as it eats great quantities of weed seeds and insects. Family Corvidcs. (corvus, " a crow") — crows, jays, American magpie. Blue jay — Cyanocitta cristdta. This bird has an odiou s reputatio
. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. 48 CIVIC BIOLOGY these are near the hives. This is a good problem to have thoroughly worked up in any neighborhood in which bees are kept. Family Alaudid<z (alauda, "a lark ")—larks. Horned hn-k — Otoco- ris alpestris. For open fields and prairies this is a valuable bird, as it eats great quantities of weed seeds and insects. Family Corvidcs. (corvus, " a crow") — crows, jays, American magpie. Blue jay — Cyanocitta cristdta. This bird has an odiou s reputation for robl)ing other birds of their eggs and young. Study the bird for yourself, and before inflicting capital jjunish- nient decide whether the jay is good or l)ad for the locality. American crow — Corrus /'/•achf/rh/'/nchos. The worst crime of the crow is also nest robbina. (I have known a })air to empty tw^o robins' nests of seven younir as a single, perhaps i)artial, breakfast.) FamilyIcteridels othin- species, generally warblers, vireos, and sparrows, smaller than itself, to brood and rear its young at the exi:)ense of their own. Cowbirds' eggii should be removed from the nests of other })irds w^henever found. P>obolink — Dollrlidnyx oryzworus. In the Xorth this l)ird is appre- ciated as one of our most fascinating meadow songsters, if it is- not at the head of the list. In the South it is the destructive ricebird. Bronzed grackle — Qntscalus qniscuUi (fiieus. Ked-winged blackbird — Ageldius phoeniceus. Meadow lark — Sturnella nidr/na. Baltimore oriole — Icterus Fig. 23. Junco's nest in the aviary of Mr. Herbert Parker, Lancaster, Massachusetts. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-; Dawson, Jean, 1873-. Boston, Ginn
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