24 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



Birds that eat mulberries are the Flycatchers, Warblers, 

 Vireos, Cuckoos, Blackbirds, Orioles, Finches, Sparrows, 

 Tanagers, Waxwings, Catbirds, Bluebirds and Thrushes. 



Birds that eat the potato beetle are the Eose-breasted 

 Grosbeak, Cuckoo and Quail. 



Birds that eat the tent caterpillar (which does most harm 

 to the apple and cherry trees) are the Crows, Chickadee, 

 Oriole, Red- eyed Vireo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black- 

 billed Cuckoo, Chipping Sparrow and Yellow Warbler. 



Birds that eat the cut worm (which eats off corn, etc., 

 before it is fairl}^ . started in the spring, and is very de- 

 structive to grass) are the Robin, Crow, Catbird, Logger- 

 head Shrike, House Wren, Meadowlark, Cowbird, Balti- 

 more Oriole, Brown Thrasher and Red- winged Blackbird. 



Ants (which spread plant-lice, destroy timber and in- 

 fest houses) are the favorite food of the Catbird, Thrash- 

 er, House Wren and Woodpeckers; are eaten by almost 

 all land birds except birds of prey. 



Scale insects (which are a fruit tree pest, injure oranges, 

 olives, etc.) are eaten by the Bush Tit, Woodpeckers and 

 Cedarbird. 



The May beetle (which ravages forest trees, also injures 

 grain and grass lands) is eaten by the Hermit Thrush, 

 Wood Thrush, Robin, Meadowlark, Brown Thrasher, 

 Bluebird, Catbird, Bluejay, Crow Blackbird, Crow, Logger- 

 head Shrike, Mockingbird and Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



Weevils (which injure grain, forage and market gar- 

 dens) are eaten by the Crow Blackbird, Red-winged Black- 

 bird, Baltimore Oriole, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, House 

 Wren, Meadow Lark, Cowbird, Bluebird, Robin, Swallows, 

 Flycatchers, Mockingbird, Woodpeckers, Wood Thrush, 

 and Scarlet Tanager. 



The chinch bug (which eats grain and wheat) is eaten 

 by the Brown Thrasher, Meadowlark, Catbird, Red- eyed 

 Vireo, Robin and Bob White. 



The wire worm (which causes heavy losses in the corn- 

 field) is eaten by the Red-winged Blackbird, Crow Black- 



