. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 88 INSESSORES. just conclusions which we had drawn in reference to their real merits. Every farmer knows that fresh spring ploughing turns up an army of gruhs, worms, and the larvae of myriads of insects, which, if left to themselves, would be sufficient to destroy a large portion of the crop which the ground would produce. But just at this time come the immense flocks of Ked-wings and Purple Grakles, which have been equally objects of the farmer's aversion, and as they subsist almost ex- clusively upon this
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. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 88 INSESSORES. just conclusions which we had drawn in reference to their real merits. Every farmer knows that fresh spring ploughing turns up an army of gruhs, worms, and the larvae of myriads of insects, which, if left to themselves, would be sufficient to destroy a large portion of the crop which the ground would produce. But just at this time come the immense flocks of Ked-wings and Purple Grakles, which have been equally objects of the farmer's aversion, and as they subsist almost ex- clusively upon this kind of food, they resort at once to the open fields and cultivated grounds, where they fully compensate the farmer for the few ears of corn which they destroy in the autumn.. Red-winged Blaclibird. The Red-winged Blackbird generally selects for a breeding place a low marshy piece of ground, oc- casionally interspersed with clumps of alder and other bushes, am.ong which or in a tall tussuck of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Baily, William L; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.