BIRDS USEFUL
and
BIRDS HARMFUL

BY
OTTO HERMAN
Director of the Royal Hungarian Ornithological Bureau, Budapest
AND
J. A. OWEN
Author of the “Country Month by Month,” etc.,
and Editor of all signed “A Son of the Marshes.”
Illustrated by T. Csörgey.
MANCHESTER
At the University Press
1909

	PAGE
[Preface]	[1]
[Chapter I.] Useful or Harmful	[7]
[Chapter II.] The Structure of the Bird	[15]
[Chapter III.] Workers on the Ground	[25]
Barn or White Owl, Tawny or Wood Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Little Owl, the Rook, Hooded Crow, Carrion Crow, Raven, Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, Quail, Black-headed Gull, Starling, Rose Starling, Waxwing.
[Chapter IV.] In the Air and on the Trees	[105]
Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swift, Nightjar or Fern Owl, Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Tree-Creeper, Nuthatch, Crossbill.
[Chapter V.] The Farmer’s Summer Friends	[139]
Wryneck, Cuckoo, Hoopoe, Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Nightingale, Redstart, Tree-Pipit, Wagtails, Great Reed Warbler, Willow Wren, Flycatchers, Wheatear, Stonechat, Bearded Reedling or Titmouse, the Titmouse Family.
[Chapter VI.] Workers all the year round	[225]
House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Hedge Sparrow, Skylark, Kingfisher, Dipper, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Oriole, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch, Hawfinch, Bullfinch, Yellow Hammer, Turtle Dove.
[Chapter VII.] Some Wildfowl	[283]
Lapwing, Common Curlew, Redshank, Green Sandpipers, Herons, Bitterns, Moorhen, Tern, Bean Goose, Wild Duck or Mallard, Pintail Duck, Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe.
[Chapter VIII.] Some of the Falconidæ	[333]
Golden Eagle, Kite, Red-footed Falcon, Buzzard, Sparrow Hawk, Goshawk, Hobby, Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier.
[Chapter IX.] The Rational Protection of Birds	[369]
[Index]	[385]

BIRDS USEFULandBIRDS HARMFUL

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BIRDS USEFUL
and
BIRDS HARMFUL