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Now that we are watching for the Robin, Red -winged Blackbird, and 

 Phoebe, suppose we learn a few facts about their food, putting our informa- 

 tion down as follows: 



Food of the Robin, Red-winged Blackbird and Phoebe, Three of Our 



Beneficial Birds 



(See, Some Common Birds in their Relation to Agriculture, by F. E. L. Beal, 

 Farmers' Bulletin, No. 54, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and also. The Relation between 

 Birds and Insects, Yearbook of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture for 1908.) 



In habit of nesting, manner of feeding, song, plumage, and distribution 

 quite different, these three species will furnish us ample work for study and 

 observation during the year. It will be very much worth while to find out 

 all that we can about them without in any way disturbing them. They have 

 come, and are still coming, thousands of miles, to spend the summer with us. 

 The Robin may even linger through late fall, or, if the winter be mild, the 



