STATE FORESTS AS BIRD SANCTUARIES 



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gipsy and browntail moths, bark bettles, 

 plant lice, and probably the white pine 

 weevil, which latter does so much dam- 

 age to young white pine stands in many 

 parts of the State. The woodpeckers 

 also are great forest protectors, 76 per 

 cent of their food consisting of animal 

 matter, largely boring beetles. It is 

 hoped that the spread of the leopard 

 moth, which has destroyed so many of 



the fine elms in Boston and its vicinity, 

 will be checked in the rural districts by 

 the woodpeckers, which are known" to 

 feed on this pest. These birds a'nd 

 some others are working for us in Mas- 

 sachusetts during the entire year. Other 

 forest birds, as for instance the many 

 species of wood warblers, the kinglets, 

 cuckoos, certain flycatchers, thrushes', 

 etc., are in the State only a part of the 



ONE SIMPLE TYPE OF FEEDING DEVICE, WHICH COULD BE USED TO GOOD ADVANTAGE 



IN THE STATE FORESTS. 



IT is A "WEATHERCOCK" FOOD HOUSE WHICH SWINGS WITH THE WIND. 



Photo by Ernest Harold Baynes, 



