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BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. 



specimens consisted of canker-worms, and most of the re- 

 mainder was an injurious beetle. An equal number of Wis- 

 consin birds contained small caterpillars and beetles : and 

 from various other specimens spiders, myriapods, moths, 

 bugs, flies, grasshoppers, and other insects have been taken. 

 The Black-throated Green Warbler, which is especially 

 characterized by its jet-black chin, throat, and breast, is 

 abundant in New England and extends westward to No- 



THE MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 



braska, breeding in pine trees throughout the northern por- 

 tion of its range. Its food is obtained among the branches of 

 tall trees, largely while upon the wing, and consists of a great 

 variety of small insects, including caterpillars and larvae of 

 many kinds, curculios and other beetles, small bugs, and 

 various Hymenoptera. An idea of the number of insects it 



