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. 



BY 



EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



ORNITHOLOGIST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



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. 



