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Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting (14563893228)

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Title: Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds

Year: 1907 (1900s)

Authors: Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929 Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture

Subjects: Birds Birds

Publisher: (Boston, Mass.

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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)ping and soaring.They may be known by their shape and by their mannerof flight. The Buzzards, or Hen Hawks, so called, get comparativelyfew birds, but some individuals kill poultry. The Red-

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PLATE XXXVI. — Barred Owl. (riiotoiiTaph, from life, by C. A.Ktod.) (From American (_)rnitholoij,y.) CHECKS UPON INCREASE OF USEFUL BIRDS. 367 shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatns) is the most common andalso the most useful. This species feeds largely on meadowmice. All the Buzzards are very destructive to field miceor other small rodents, and on the whole may be regarded asuseful to the farmer. These are the large Hawks, wdth long,broad wings, that are often seen soaring in circles. The Marsh Hawk or Bog Hawk (Circu.^ hudsonius), along, slender bird, the male of which is very light in color,and the female brown with a white rump, is often seenflying low over the meadows. This bird also is a greatdestroyer of meadow mice, and is in general very useful. Owls. All the Owls kill birds, but most species kill but few,and live mainly on mammals, particularly rodents like mice,rabbits, and hares, on the increase of which they constitutean effectual check. The Snowy Owl (J)i//ctea nijctea) andth

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