his use, but those who wish to make money by their cherries will 
prefer to net their trees. To the agriculturalist it is a suggestive 
sight to see the rooks, and maybe the gulls, following the plough 
and clearing the furrow of grubs ; or to watch the starling or jack¬ 
daw perched on the backs of the sheep, whose fleeces they rid of 
the troublesome tick. Suggestive also to the farming mind, the 
The thrush is another bird who takes toll of the gardener’s fruit, 
and consequently is given a bad name. But the grubs and caterpillars 
that a single thrush devours would, if left to develop in peace, 
consume more fruit than half-a-dozen thrushes. 
graceful movements of the wagtails on the moist lands, where they 
feed on the marsh snails that harbour liverfluke; the activities of 
the lark, seeking wireworm and charlock seed in the fallows; the 
ghostly forms of owls about the mice-ridden stackyard, and the 
poise of the kestrel over the meadow. 
There are very many birds against w'hom practically no 
complaint can be lodged by even the most jealous cultivator; 
among them the useful little wren, the robin (even though he 
taste fruit once in away), the swallow tribe, the fly-liawking night¬ 
jar, the cuckoo—•feeder on destructive hairy caterpillars — fly- 
