^''^^ USEFUL BIRDS 



AND THEIR PROTECTION 



/ 



CONTAINING 



BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE COMMON AND USEFUL SPECIES OF / 

 MASSACHUSETTS, WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR FOOD HABITS, 



AND A CHAPTER ON THE MEANS OF ATTRACT- /' 



ING AND PROTECTING BIRDS. 



EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



HE MaSSACHUS 



Agriculture. 



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Ornithologist to the Massachusetts State Board of 



ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, 

 C. ALLAN LYFORD, CHESTER A. REED, AND OTHERS. 



Published under Direction of 



The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 



BY Authority of the Legislature. 



