Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture

by F. E. L. Beal

SOME COMMON BIRDS

IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE.

BY

F. E. L. BEAL, B. S.,

ASSISTANT ORNITHOLOGIST, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY.

[May, 1897.]

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1898.

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[CONTENTS.]

	Page.
Introduction	[3]
The cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus and C. erythophthalmus) ([fig. 1])	[5]
The woodpeckers ([fig. 2-5])	[6]
The kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) ([fig. 6])	[11]
The phœbe (Sayornis phœbe) ([fig. 7])	[13]
The bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) ([fig. 8])	[14]
The crow (Corvus americanus)	[15]
The bobolink, or ricebird (Dolichconyx oryzivorus) ([fig. 9])	[17]
The redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phœniceus) ([fig. 10])	[19]
The meadow lark, or old field lark (Sturnella magna) ([fig. 11])	[21]
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) ([fig. 12])	[23]
The crow blackbird, or grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) ([fig. 13])	[24]
The sparrows ([fig. 14])	[26]
The rose-breasted grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana) ([fig. 15])	[28]
The swallows ([fig. 16])	[30]
The cedarbird (Ampelis cedrorum) ([fig. 17])	[31]
The catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis) ([fig. 18])	[33]
The brown thrasher (Harporhynchus rufus) ([fig. 19])	[34]
The house wren (Troglodytes aëdon) ([fig. 20])	[35]
The robin (Merula migratoria) ([fig. 21])	[37]
The bluebird (Sialia sialis) ([fig. 22])	[39]

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