Part 1

Transcriber Note

Text emphasis is denoted as Italics.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farmers’ Bulleting

630

Contribution from the Bureau of Biological Survey, Henry W. Henshaw, Chief.

February 13, 1915.

SOME COMMON BIRDS USEFUL TO THE FARMER.

By F. E. L. Beal, Assistant Biologist.

Note.—The habitat, food habits, and economic relation to agriculture of more than 50 birds common to farming sections are discussed in this bulletin. It supersedes Farmers’ Bulletin 54.

CONTENTS.

Page.

The bluebirds 2

The robins 3

The titmice 4

The wrens 6

Brown thrasher 7

Catbird 7

The swallows 8

Towhee 9

The sparrows 9

House finch 11

The grackles 12

Brewer blackbird 12

Baltimore oriole 13

Bullock oriole 14

The meadowlarks 14

The red-winged blackbirds 15