USEFUL BIRDS 



AND THEIR PROTECTION. 



CONTAINING 



BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MORE COMMON AND USEFUL SPECIES OF 

 MASSACHUSETTS, WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR FOOD HABITS, 

 AND A CHAPTER ON THE MEANS OF ATTRACT- 

 ING AND PROTECTING BIRDS. 



EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



Ornithologist to the Massachusetts State Board of 

 Agriculture. 



ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, 

 C. ALLAN LYFORD, CHESTER A. REED, AND OTHERS. 



3fnurtlj S&tttott. 



Published under Direction of 



The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 



BY Authority of the Legislature. 

 1913. 



