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The chinch bug (which eats grain and wheat) 

 is eaten by the Brown Thrasher, Meadowlark, 

 Catbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Robin, and Bob-white. 



The wire worm (which causes heavy losses in 

 the cornfield) is eaten by the Red-winged Black- 

 bird, Crow Blackbird, Crow, Woodpeckers, Brown 

 Thrasher, Scarlet Tanager, Robin, Catbird, Balti- 

 more Oriole, Meadowlark, and Cowbird. 



Crane flies (which eat grass roots in the 

 hay fields) are eaten by the Robin, Catbird, 

 Wood Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Olive-backed 

 Thrush, Crow, Crow Blackbird, and Red-winged 

 Blackbird. 



Cotton worms are eaten by the Bluebird, Blue 

 Jay, Red-winded Blackbird, Thrushes, Prairie 

 Chicken, Quail, Kildeer, Bobolink, Mockingbird, 

 Cardinal, Cuckoos, and Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Gypsy Moth. Mr. Forbush, ornithologist of 

 the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 

 gives the following list of birds seen to feed on the 

 gypsy moth: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed 

 Cuckoo, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, 

 Pigeon Woodpecker, Kingbird, Great-crested Fly- 

 catcher, Phoebe, Wood Pewee, Least Flycatcher, 

 Blue Jay, Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Grackle 

 or Crow Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow, Chewink, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo-bird, Scarlet Tan- 

 ager, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, 

 White-eyed Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, Yel- 

 low Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black- 



