AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
FOR THE 
Farm, Grarden, and HonseliolcL 
"AGRICULTURE IS TltE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, A>1> MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF ]IU."-trimnm 
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VOLUME XXVI— No. 6. 
NEW-YORK, JUNE, 1867. 
NEW SERIES— No. 245. 
[COPTltlOnT SECTTRED.] 
OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS. — Drawn ami Engrailed 
The usefulness of birds, ami the damage 
■which some kinds do, are, and will continue to 
be, subjects of discussion. That they fall legiti- 
mately under the dominion of man, and may be 
encouraged by him if they aid him, and sup- 
pressed if they injure him, can hardly be ques- 
tioned. Regarded among the most beautiful 
and interesting objects of creation, every one is 
drawn toward birds, though there are a few 
■we can not but reorard with dislike. In the 
group in the above engraving'will be recognized 
some of the most beautiful and most common 
of the small birds, native to the larger part of 
the Union, and could we show colors in our 
printing the collection would be brilliant indeed. 
The center of the group is the Blue Jay, 
{Cyanura criatat/t), closely related to the Crow, 
easily tamed, and having many of the character- 
istics of its relatives, ravens and magpies. Above, 
on the left is the Baltimore Oriole, orFire- 
for the American Agriculturist. 
ITang-nest, (Icttrus Baltimore), in color, gold and 
blaclc, weaving a pendant pocket for a nest ; on 
the right, the Red-winged Blackbird, {Ag<-l<rins 
phonnccitis), and Red-headed Woodpecker, 
(M&anevpes cryl7iroeep?in!in>.) Below, from 
right to left, the common Yellowbird, (Chryso- 
mitria Jrotts), so pretty and so readily do- 
mesticated ; the chatty and very useful Ilouse 
"Wren, [Trogloditoa aim); and the beautiful 
Cedar Bird, or Wax-wing, (Anipdi* Odrorwn). 
