> age 
So 8 : . : 
ai ye by the bird and its young during the 
Va greater part of the year, and it will 
fo. easily be seen that it is a very good 
“ friend to the gardener. 
eee Like the blackbird, however, it is very fond 
of stealing fruit, and visits strawberry beds, cherry trees, 
and gooseberry, currant, and raspberry bushes with perfect 
impartiality. At times, also, it has the very annoying 
habit of pecking holes in ripe pears. However, one has to 
take the evil with the good; and on the whole, the good 
which the bird does more than counterbalances the evil. 
