88 OUR FRIENDS, THE BIRDS. 
bushes in a low, marshy place. The nests are bound 
securely to the uprig it stems, sometimes by the leaves 
of the plant to which they are attached. 
“They rear but one brood in a year after which 
they collect in great flocks. 
RED-WING BLACKBIRD. 
[ONE-HALF LIFE SIZE.] 
“In the south they do much damage to the corn 
crops. In the north, where they are not so numerous, 
they cannot do so much harm and in destroying grubs 
do much good. 
