CONTENTS.
SOME COMMON BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE.
INTRODUCTION.
THE CUCKOOS.
THE WOODPECKERS.
THE KINGBIRD
THE PHOEBE.
THE BLUE JAY.
THE CROW.
THE BOBOLINK, OR RICEBIRD.
THE REDWINGED BLACKBIRD.
THE MEADOW LARK, OR OLD FIELD LARK.
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
THE CROW BLACKBIRD, OR GRACKLE.
THE SPARROWS. [2]
THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
THE SWALLOWS.
THE CEDAR BIRD.
THE CATBIRD.
THE BROWN THRASHER.
THE HOUSE WREN.
THE ROBIN.
THE BLUEBIRD.
Revised!
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 54·
IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE.
BY
F. E. L. BEAL, B. S.,
ASSISTANT ORNITHOLOGIST, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY.
[May, 1897.]
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1898.