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Show , LEA 'iS iS ' flOia from flOiaSome i iw w ps ' b HARRIET MAY wIL ON Some of Our Native Natlve Bird Blrdc Birdc BirdcFew ; < = Few people outside of confirmee confirmec confirmeecity confirmeccity confirmeecity city dwellers are unfimiliar unhmll1ar unfamiliar WIt witt wittthe witlthe ! : the plaintive plamtIve far carrying carrymg cry of thf the thfI thfmournmg themourning thmourning ( I mournmg mourning dove-that dove that dove - - that a coo o 0 coo 0 0I 0coo 0coo ocoo I coo o 0 coo o 0 wh ch is so character characterIs characterIstic characteristic Is Istic tic of country fields and deep stIt stil stItwoodlands stilwoodlands stil.woodlands stilwoodlands . woodlands It is rather a largf large largfbirdlarger largebirdlarger largtbird bird-larger bird larger - larger even than a robin roblD 1 I 1bu Ibu Ibu bu Ids a highly mefficlent-loohm mefficlent loohm mefficient-looking mefficient looking mefficientlookingnest memcient-lookintnest memcient lookintnest - - - & nest of crossed sticks in the crotct crotck crotckof crotchof , , . of a tree and in this indifferent mdlffercnt she Shef Shefter shelter I ter rears yearly a brood of twc twcyounglings twcyounglings twcyounglings II I younglings The value of the mourn mournleg mourning ' Lng leg dove to farmers and orchardist orchardistlis orchardistis lis is usually not properly evaluatedThe evaluated evaluatedThe evaluated.The evaluatedThe . The b rd lives almost wholly or orI orvegetable orvegetable orvegetable I vegetable matter its principal prmclpal ane anc anealmost ancalmost ancalmost almost constant ronstant diet being weee weer weerseeds weecseeds I : seeds such seeds constituting constltutmg 64 pel pei pelI pelcent peicent pelcent I cent of its entire teed feed In one stemach stom stem stomach I Iach ach were found 7 7500 500 seeds of yel yet yellow yetlow yellow low wood sorrel m ID another 6 40C 40f 40fseeds 40Cseeds ' seeds of foxta foxtail in another 2 60C 60 60Cseeds ( : seeds of slender sle1Jder paspalum 4 820 620 01 01I 01orange 0 olorange ! I orange hawkweed 950 of hoary ver vervam vervain vervain vam vain 120 of Carolina Carolma cranesbill cranesblll 50 oj of oj'yellow ofyellow oyellow ) 'yellow yellow ' yellow wood sorrel , , 620 of pamc panif pamci pamcgrass panifgrass panicgrass i grass and 40 of various other weeds weedsI weedsSince weedsSince I Smce Since practically all of these weed weedare weedare 1 1are are troublesome it is apparent thaI that thaIthe thatthe thaithe the mourning mournmg dove should be pro prCJo prCJotected protected . tected in every possible way wayI waymE wayTHE wayTHE mE THE SCREECH OWLThis OWL OWLThis I This owl is our smallest species speciesbemg speciesbeing speciesbeing bemg being but eight inches mches in length bu1 but bu1'Its butits bulIts 'Its Its ' its value is out of all proportion te tc tcits tcits : Its size The screech owl mhablt inhabit mhabltI mhabltorchards inhabitorchards inhabitorchards orchards groves and thickets I Ihunts ihunts lhunts I hunts its prey also along fence fences fencesand fencesand ! I Iand and hedgerows and m In the open 1 I 1Is IIs IIs Is a provident citizen hunting huntmg assld assid asslduously assiduously assiduously uously m In warm weather and stor star storIng starlag storing Ing lag up quantit quantlt es of food tor for USf use useduring USfdurmg usduring ( durmg during days of o1 less clemency Ir It Irsuch Itsuch Itsuch such storage places ornithologist ornithologists ornithologistshave ornithologisthave ! have often found enough mice or oth 0th other 0ther other I Ihave er small prey to serve the bird fOI foe fOIIf foeutervals foiirtervals If utervals tervals of aeek a \ week \\eek eek or more Thf The Thfscreech Thescreech Th Thscreech < screech owl feeds upon small mam mammal mammall mammals mal mall $ rept reptiles es batrachians batrachlans fish Spl spr Splders sprders spiders ders crawfish scorpions and earth earthworms earthworms earthworms worms Among the insects msects its fa favorlte favorite favonte vorlte vorite foods are grasshoppers grassboppers cnck crick cnckets cricketa crickets ets eta ground beetles and ca caterpillars caterpillarsand caterpillarsand terpillars terpillarsand and it is known to destroy field miCE miCEand miceand miceand and sparrows The wise farmer WI1 wil WI1encourage wilencourage wilencourage encourage this bttle lIttle owl to mak makf make makfIts makeIts makits < its home quite near to his barn barnand barnand barnand and granaries where it will be rugh high highly rughly highly ly efficient in m keeping keepmg both hous house housemIce housemice housmice < mice and wood mice in check checkTHE checkTHE rOE THE ROSE BREASTED BREASTEDGROSBEAK BREASTEDGROSBEAK BKEASTEDGROSBEAK BKEASTEDGROSBEAKSome GROSBEAK GROSBEAKSome Some day when you have the gooe gooc gooeluck goocluck goocluck luck to see rising rlsmg into mto your orchare archarc orcharcor orchareor archarcor or woodland woodiand trees a handsome hIre biro hIreWith birowith hirewith With a black velvet cap and a trI trIangular to toangular triangular angular patch of rose carmine carmme or orIts orits orits Its breast and when as it vibrate vibrateItS vibrateits vibrateits ItS strong wings wmgs it pours forth a rlct net rlctclear netclear netclear clear mellow song you will kno\\ kno know knothat knowthat knowthat \ that you are looking lookmg upon the rose rosebreasted rosebreasted rose-breasted rose breasted - breasted gro grosbeak gro.beak grobeak . beak For the mattel mattes mattelof mattesof matteof ] of that that , , you may hear it singing smgmg a aDlght anight anight Dlght night tor for it is one of our very hm llm llmited hmIted hmited Ited number of night 111ght singers Farm Farmers Farmens Farmers ers ens and gardeners sometimes be be- berate berate berate - rate this lovely bird because of o ( dam damage damage damage age done to green peas which I Iloves iloves iloves loves and sometimes to fruits al as alwell aswell aiwell well but the well informed mformed assurE assurEus assureus assortus us that this mischief is much mOrl moil mOrlthan moilthan monthan than balanced by the bird s servic serVlCf service serVlCfin servicein servicin < in the destruction destructlon of insect msect pests pestsThe pestsThe pestsThe The bird is so fond of the destruc destructIve destruclive destruclive tIve live Colorado beetle that it is otter offer ottercalled offercalled ottercalled called the potato bug bird It alsc also alscattacks alsoattacks alsoattacks attacks cucumber beetles with grea greavIgor greavigor greavigor vIgor as well as many scale msects insects msectsIt insectsIt insectsIt It is an active enemy of the Rock3 Rocky RockyMountain Rock3Mountam RocksMountain Mountam Mountain locust and feeds also- also alsoand alsoand also alsoand - - and extensively-upon extensively upon extensively - upon cankerworms cankerwormsorchard cankerwormsorchard cankerwormsorchard orchard and forest tent caterpillars caterpillarstussock caterpillarstussock caterpillarstussock tussock g psy and brown taL taLmoths taLmoths taimoths moths plum curculio curcullo curculro army wornand worn worrr worrrand : and chinch chmch bug It may truly bE bEsaid besaid bsaid ( said that for beauty and song ane ant anteconomic aneeconomic anceconomic economic value few b rds sur surpass surpass surpass pass the rose breasted grosbeak grosbeakTIn grosbeakTHE grosbeakTHE TIn THE ; MG NIGHTHAWKThe MGHTHAWK NIGHTHAWK MGHTHAWKThe T A WK WKThe The mghthawk nighthawk is hardly wel welnamed welnamed welnamed named since smce it is not a nocturna nocturnabird nocturnabird nocturnabird bird and is not moreover really I a Ihawk ahawk lhawk hawk but belongs to the birds of thf the thfGoatsucker theGoatsucker th thGoatsucker < Goatsucker family However if onE onEdoes onedoes ondoes ( does not lAe lIke to call it a mghtha\\k mghtha k nrghthawlc nighthaiikit nrghthawlcit \ , , It has as long a list of aliases frorr frost frorrwhich frostwhich trorcwhich which one may choose as has an3 any an3number anynumber annumber } number one gangster among whlct whict whlctare whictare whiciare are bull bat mosquito hawk mght mghtjar mghtjar nightjar jar piramidig plramIdlg pramdig , , and several others othersThe othersThe othersThe The name nightjar mghtJar mghtiar fits it wet wetsmce wetsince welsince smce since it makes a curious wh rrlng rrmg rrlngboommg rrmgbooming rnngbooming boommg booming sound which is as someODf someone someODfhas someonehas someonthas has said like a strong blowing rntcthe mtc rntc mtcthe mtcthe the bung hole of an empty hogs hogshead hogshead hogshead head This Trus bird bud has been greatl greatll greatllslandered greatlyslandered ) slandered by being bemg accused of chIck chIcken chicken chicken en steal ng and similar crimes Ac Actually Actually Actually tually it is of the greatest poss ble bleuse bleuse bl bluse < use to all agriculturists agnculturists and shoul shoult shoultbe shouldbe be protected everywhere to save I Ifrom ifrom ifrom from imminent IInmment extmction extmctlon Its dIe dIeIs dieis dieis Is almost exclusively msectsFo insectsFor insects msects insectsFor Fo For , ate ole estlas eslJDC esttag informat JDlomat Inlormat , oa 00 on concern concerD D as asfifty jijSfty . 611y fifty ot 01 of ou our ' common Is la fa TO m sad and o 0 chare cbarc charerds cbarcrds cbsrtb chareb cbarcb b rds send seDd t tea ten D ceats ceDts Cents ' to 0 Supe nteadeat nteDdeDt nrendent o " oDocuments oDocuments Documeou Documents WashnCloD washngton Wssh Wash nftoa nCloD ngton D CasluD Casking C sskiac asking asluD & : 10 to 10Farmer toFarmers toFtimers Farmer Farmers . Bulls Bulle HWie "No No a n " Ho No S13 513 Sal . * . . PRESERVING VEGETABLES VEGETABLESIt It has been demonstrated by care careful careful caretul ful experiments that many vegeta vegetables vegetables vegetables bles besides cucumbers cucumhers can be pre preserved preserved preserved served by brining brming For Instance Instancecorn instancecorn instancecorn corn on the cob burr gherkins gherkinsgreen gherkinsgreen gherkinsgreen green tomatoes and string strmg beans d dwell dwell dwell well in a 10 per cent brine brme and wII wit wIIkeep witkeep wilkeep keep for several months Caullflow Cauiflow Cauliflower Caullflower Cauiflowen er en and green peppers require a 0 8 0per 8per 9per per cent brine brme and onions omons 80 pe pecent pecent pecent cent Since Smce the salt constant constantll constantlldraws constantljdraws ! ) draws moisture the brine brme must b hi lv bkept lvkept hikept > kept a at t its proper strength by th thgradual thgradual thgradual gradual addition of salt . . |