xxiv • INTRODUCTION 



throated Green Warbler, Oven-bird, Maryland 

 Yellow-throated Warbler, American Kedstart, 

 Catbird, Brown Thrasher, House Wren, White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, Chickadee, Wood Thrush, 

 American Robin, Bluebird, and English Sparrow. 



Grasshoppers and crickets are eaten by the 

 Mockingbird, Thrasher, Bluebird, Wrens, Shore 

 Lark, Goldfinch, Longspur, Grasshopper Sparrow, 

 Song Sparrow, Junco, Lark Sparrow, Dickcissel, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo 

 Bunting, Cardinal, Chewink, Bobolink, Cowbird, 

 Red-winged Blackbird, Meadowlark, Baltimore 

 Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Crow, 

 Blue Jay, Kingbird, Crow Blackbird, Whip-poor- 

 will, Nighthawk, Swift, Cuckoo, Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker, Flicker, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, 

 Marsh Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Gulls, Swainson's 

 Hawk, Quail, Shrikes, Swallows, Vireos, Robin, 

 Catbird, Screech Owl, Red-shouldered Hawk, 

 Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, and Prairie Hen. 



Army Worm. — In the Massachusetts Crop Re- 

 port for July, 1896, Mr. William R. Sessions 

 gives a list of the birds he has seen feeding on 

 the army worm during the summer: Kingbird, 

 Phoebe, Bobolink, Cowbird, Red-winged Black- 

 bird, Baltimore Oriole, Crow Blackbird, Chip- 

 ping Sparrow, and Robin. 



How TO KEEP Birds about our Houses. — 

 Protection from enemies, food to live on, and 



