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VOLUME XXVI-No. 6. 
NEW-YOKK, JUNE, 1867. 
NEW SERIES—No. 245. 
OUR FEATHERED 
The usefulness of birds, and the damage 
•which some kinds do, arc, 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 regard with dislike. In the 
1 KiUU 1 ikAA/.J 
FRIENDS. — Dmwi ami Knoraved 
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 eristata), closely related to the Crow, 
easily tamed, and having many of the character¬ 
istics of its relatives, ravens and magpies. Above, 
on the right, is the Baltimore Oriole, or Fire 
for the American Agriculturist, 
Ilang-ncst, {IctcTUS Baltimove), in coloi, gold and 
black, weaving a pendant pocket for a nest; on 
the ririit, the Red-winged Blackbird, (Agelaius 
plw(Bnecms\ and Red-headed Woodpecker, 
(Velanerpes eryihrocep^<dlus.) Below, from 
right to left, the common Yellowbird, {CJiryso- 
miiris tnstis), so pretty and so readily do¬ 
mesticated; the chatty and very useful House 
Wren, {Troglodites cedon); and the beautitui 
Cedar Bird, or Wax-wing, {Anipelis cedrorum). 
