Transcriber Note Text emphasis denoted by _Italics_. Revised! U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 54· SOME COMMON BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE. BY F. E. L. BEAL, B. S., ASSISTANT ORNITHOLOGIST, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. [May, 1897.] [Illustration] WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1898. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 3 The cuckoos (_Coccyzus americanus and C. erythophthalmus_) (fig. 1) 5 The woodpeckers (figs. 2-5) 6 The kingbird (_Tyrannus tyrannus_) (fig. 6) 11 The phœbe (_Sayornis phœbe_) (fig. 7) 13 The bluejay (_Cyanocitta cristata_) (fig. 8) 14 The crow (_Corvus americanus_) 15 The bobolink, or ricebird (_Dolichconyx oryzivorus_) (fig. 9) 17 The redwinged blackbird (_Agelaius phœniceus_) (fig. 10) 19 The meadow lark, or old field lark (_Sturnella magna_) (fig. 11) 21 The Baltimore oriole (_Icterus galbula_) (fig. 12) 23 The crow blackbird, or grackle (_Quiscalus quiscula_) (fig. 13) 24 The sparrows (fig. 14) 26 The rose-breasted grosbeak (_Zamelodia ludoviciana_) (fig. 15) 28 The swallows (fig. 16) 30 The cedarbird (_Ampelis cedrorum_) (fig. 17) 31 The catbird (_Galeoscoptes carolinensis_) (fig. 18) 33 The brown thrasher (_Harporhynchus rufus_) (fig. 19) 34 The house wren (_Troglodytes aëdon_) (fig. 20) 35 The robin (_Merula migratoria_) (fig. 21) 37 The bluebird (_Sialia sialis_) (fig. 22) 39 SOME COMMON BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE. INTRODUCTION.