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. 



$?rmt& fEfttum. 



Published under Direction of 



The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 



by Authority of the Legislature. 

 1907. 



