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. 
BY 
EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 
ORNITHOLOGIST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF 
AGRICULTURE. 
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, 
C. ALLAN LYFORD, CHESTER A. REED, AND OTHERS. 
Second Edition. 
PUBLISHED UNDER DIRECTION OF 
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 
BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE. 
1907. 
