86 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. 



great number of grubs, which would injure the crops. 

 The Blue-Jay is a bird of wonderful beauty, but its 

 notes are harsh, and it eats the eggs of other birds, and 

 even destroys young birds, swallowing them as greed- 

 ily as would a hawk. The Magpie is about as large 



Fig. 141. Magpie. 



as a dove, black and white, and the tail is very long. 

 There are two kinds in North America, and one in 

 Europe. 



SCRATCHERS, OR RASORES. 



Doves, Wild Pigeons, Turkeys, Hens, Grouse, Pheas- 

 ants, and Quails are the principal Rasores. Most of 



