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NSECT-EATING BIRDS. 
THE FARMER’S BEST FRIENDS. 
A PRIZE ESSAY. 
By FRANK H. PALMER. 
[This essay received the first prize offered by the Massachusetts Society for tire Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
at the New-England Agricultural Fair in 1 § 72 .] 
PUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION. 
BOSTON: 
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 
Office, 40 Washington Street. 
1874 . 
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