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Cedar Waxwing. Eats small fruits and pulls the petals from the 

 blossoms of fruit trees, but should be protected on account of 

 its valuable insectivorous habits. 



Shrikes, "Butcher-birds." The shrikes are passerine "birds of 

 prey." They kill a few small birds, but their food consists 

 chiefly of mice, shrews, snakes, lizards, and large insects such 

 as grasshoppers and locusts, and they are to- be regarded 

 as beneficial birds. 



Catbird. A common and sometimes serious destroyer of small 

 garden fruits. Particularly troublesome birds may have to 

 be disposed of; but on the whole it is an important insectiv- 

 orous bird. 



Robin. There has been much discussion as to the real economic 

 status of this familiar and generally beloved bird. When 

 present in numbers, they often do no inconsiderable damage 

 in gardens, orchards, and vineyards, marring and rendering 

 unsaleable much that they do not consume. Under such 

 conditions it is only reasonable that the surplus should be 

 disposed of, and a properly constituted official should be 

 empowered to take action in such cases. On the other hand 

 the Robin consumes a very large number of the most injurious 

 insects, being one of the chief enemies of the dreaded white 

 grubs or cockchafer larvae. 



Young Yellow-headed Blackbirds 



