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bird, Grow, Woodpeckers, Brown Thrasher, Scarlet Tana- 

 ger, Eobin, Catbird, Baltimore Oriole, Meadow Lark and 

 Oowbird. 



Crane flies (which eat grass roots in the hay fields) are 

 eaten by the Eobin, Catbird, Wood Thrush, Gray-cheeked 

 Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, Crow, Crow Blackbird and 

 Eed-winged Blackbird. 



The soldier bug is eaten by the Eobin, Bluebird, Crow 

 Blackbird, Crow, Catbird, House Wren, Eed-winged Black- 

 bird, Baltimore Oriole and Meadowlark. 



Birds that eat the cotton worm are the Bluebird, Blue- 

 jay, Eed-winged Blackbird, Thrush, Quail, Killdeer, Bobo- 

 link, Mockingbird, Cardinal and Cuckoo. 



Gypsy Moth. — Mr. Forbush, ornithologist of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, gives the following 

 list of birds seen to feed on the gypsy moth: Yellow-biUed 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy 

 Woodpecker, Pigeon Woodpecker, Kingbird, Great 

 Crested Flycatcher, Phoebe, Wood Pewee, Least Fly- 

 catcher, Bluejay, Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Grackle 

 or Crow Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow, Chewink, Eose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, Indigobird, Scarlet Tanager, Eed-eyed 

 Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Black- 

 and-white Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided 

 Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Ovenbird, Mary- 

 land Yellow-throated Warbler, American Eedstart, Cat- 

 bird, Brown Trasher, House Wren, White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, Chickadee, Wood Thrush, American Eobin, Blue- 

 bird and English Sparrow. 



Birds that eat grasshoppers and crickets are the Mock- 

 ingbird, Thrasher, Bluebird, Wrens, Shore Lark, Gold- 

 finch, Longspur, Grasshopper Sparrow, Song Sparrow, 

 Junco, Lark Sparrow, Eose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo 

 Bunting, Cardinal, Chewink, Bobolink, Cow Bird, Eed- 

 winged Blackbird, Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard 

 Oriole, Eusty Blackbird, Crow, Bluejay, Kingbird, Crow 

 Blackbird, Whip-poor-will, Night Hawk, Swift, Cuckoo, 



