, 1875-07-21

destructive. Il pnlh somo corn, It ~ trno. but
ltH PRINCIPAL fnol II Injurious lhty;r, 1nncl. OF
which IL Eots By following tho rIo"tnin II Al
lowed.
The climbers lnc1n1o woolpcckoEs aud cuak oos.
Tho are nearly all banef!c!at. Tho yelnw.ti1ivt1
| cuckoo cA,,eo,aaty-1uito common In Northern
1linOs--are pet taiaeHt layoureIs Of that peBk OF
| orchards. tho American tsnt-ehtnrplllar
The baltimore oriolo lives largely IN bentlea,
especially Tho pIn,n and pea curcito, aud tho
lomR-HnoutcA -wcesii. ttis, sud very ptopor.
y so, detc.tea by fruis-g1overs from iss mis-
| linnd, lhD orchard oriof0 Ia a most in1uAtrioua
bird, aud we'll wott,y OF protection. .-rlddlug our
orchards OF hoats OF noxiouA insccts.
Tho houao-wrcn lives exclusively on Insects.
Tho wl,alo- o-breastod nAhatch aud tho Amerioau
creeper l,so On troo-inSocta alone.
Tho bluebtrd cats the latvW Of insecta e1elu.
Alsoly, .espec,nlly thoss Of tho canker-worm AUD
tho cotiling-muth.
Tho finch family, comprising about savanty
species, somc!imos spread ia ilocks over large
tracts Of country, destroying frnnonsa numbers
If iusecta larvn, and the Heeds OF Wooda. 80
the Warbtots, as rule, aro OF 1umenso pehoAt,
through the destruction OF mu'stsudos OF noA-
Tho noat'ow-lsrk snbelsss principally upon
1arvH which aro found underground,
Tho pioyor, which ncats on tho prairie and In
corn-fods. eats gtassLopperB, baSklos, snaiis
The lantl Ran1o- birds, although clasaod eenor-
aIly ns graflivoyot,s, arc nf unidentified t9eneht,
glnoe tisor food couslstH moro largely Of insects
than anything eAo.
Tho uater-birds, ds,-wAders-a A claas. arc
neither especially beneilcinl or Injurious to tho
farmer. Ihc swimming brls-ducks, geese,
oto.,-aro decidedly destructive. ainco, when
they mako excursions upon tho lAnd, It ~ koh.
o,sllv for tho purpose Of Fasding upon neas OF
grain. .- .-.
very properly, into 0nnvogons, -thoso living on
vartaty of food insocsiyototH,- -those living
t11<Ha "A
whch u,nks largo proporuon Of thoir food to
OF Tho iT.t Glars. ero.s. b1aokb!tdei jays, ori-
olos, starlings, uedar.birdB, aud ttinice arc
feesl indincriminataly on berries, sorda, grain,
OF inscctsvorous BIRDS those feeling almost
exclusively on Insects, woojpocke1s. swallows,
crocpess, this Warblera {BylviD). and wrens, arc
especially noteworthy. FaW OF theae ARC hurt
ful in any so1Be. aud all Ut them are extremely
beneficial both TO tho farmer and horttcultnfsst.
few Of thom tRko = ripn berry now ahd than.
but never To such degree a. to cause them TO
DO tnsHad.
.anAx1yonors nrnns.
These comprise tho gaitinaceoua tsibca. in-
cludlng our poultrr-biFda, gsouae. part1idges,
quail, etc., g1aHhesxs ,tanaEers, iinches. aud
upon the husbandman at times, And then may
worry properly DO killed., 1t muat, however,
nl,Ya.B be borne In mind that many Of thoHp
classified hs bning pro-emincntly ErAin-oaters. ~
grongo, quail, blackbirds, fnchcB, etc.. aro also
largely iuscoteaters, and feed their young
almost e1eluAivc, on inacctivoiouB laryre.
II must bo remembered, also. that birds aFe tho
naturAl0nemtea Of Insects that, wetc 1t not far
birds, insect~ilfe would soou inctsase 10 such AL
u1tent as 10 devour every groom thing from the
face Of the Garth that. evoti with thor help; in-
socts do 80 incroaso In certniu aurccRsiouH OF
prolific seasonH ~ to oyarrun aud dsvaatato
largo areaa Of countrics, ,-locusts, chinc1-bugs,
HeeAian-fios, and arny-wor7nB, notably among
farmars and codliug-motLs, canker-wofmst and
uurculto among fruitgro~ ~ets that, in state OF
nature, birds do hold anBect-lifo iu Butablo
cdeck that, ms country sattles M, birds arc
dostroved to a considerable extunt while.
q largo supply OF inBect-food causes q corrs-
spending increase Of insects, and, for cogsnt
roaRons. without corresponding increase OF
bsds,-ouo Eeaaon beipg That no siectes Of birds
tiounr soaaons ;'auother boing. that inscct-1rop-
agati0n iA 10 extremely prolific wlon the condi-
tIons aro suited thereto. Therefore, lot us use
a wiao discretion In tue protection Of birds. and
a. carefal
a plsonETloN IN KILLING THEM.
birds destructive to one claas OF cu!tivators
may 10 beneficial to another, and yfco versa.
When they aso taking moro than theit ulAse, QUO
class ,fnaF be killing thon, While tho other ispro-
tocting aud hero again. tho natural lam Of self-
becomes apparent. In tlio norshern
portions Of Illinois, robins. eat-bIrds. priotes
tlEushea. etc., arc not genesa3ly regarded as do
but 1atlor aa beng beneficial; and for
thon tho leading. Industry, and orchards 1t
tho time OF riponing their fruits.
arc, Ia many instances, watched. In thG
IN the mora southern PORTIONS Of
the bthte, these birds arc justly regarded aa be-
Ing tho most iulmich Of tho feathnset erea-
ti0n.
We hold that the; determination Of. any OF onr
biras would DO q sarioua evil; that, II the cul.
Injury by birds as be must III certain seasons
10 prnvons; the rsvagos Of insects, and oftau
falling even with tho help of birds, he would
soon come to know, and to discriminate boz
:wecn those most tguly hlB friendr, and those
moro destructive to hia nronn H.