Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture

11 pages in this part of A Book of Natural History.

W HEN civilized man takes possession of new regions and begins cultivating the soil and establishes his sovereignty there, the equilibrium…

The various Ducks and Geese which are also nearly as aquatic in their habits as some of the foregoing, frequently leave their haunts and…

Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture 127 The Herons, Cranes, and Rails are frequenters of marshes and the margins of streams and bodies…

The various members of the Grouse family, while belonging to a grain-eating group, are certainly quite prominent as insect destroyers…

Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture 129 Perhaps no other bird that frequents the farm pays higher prices for the grain it eats than does…

Recent careful study with reference to the food habits of Hawks and Owls carried on by the United States Department of Agriculture go to…

The food habits of both the Turkey Vulture and Carrion Crow, or Black Vulture, are of such a nature that the destruction of these birds…

In the Bobolink, Meadowlark, Orioles, and Blackbirds, we have some of the most important insect destroyers among the feathered tribes. The…

The Baltimore Oriole has received such a bad reputation here in Nebraska as a grape thief during the past few years that I feel inclined to…

All of our Swallows are insect destroyers, capturing such forms as gnats, flies, etc., which they seize while on the wing. The large…

Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture 141 The Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc., are all beneficial as insect destroyers, and might be…