National Opinion

Kill the King Birds.—A New England farmer writes: King Birds attack or fight all birds—they are the king of birds. After fighting and pulling the feathers of the largest hawks, high in the air, they often light on their backs sailing along without fear. Very lately a pair of them built a nest near to my poultry yard, and they seemed delighted to pitch into the hens near enough, to pull their feathers, and are successful in driving them away. I know them to have killed some smaller birds than themselves and destroy their eggs; also to attempt to go into the martin and swallow holes to commit depredation, and have severe battles with them. No birds destroy more honey bees than they—of which they kill vast numbers and only eat the heads of them. Hornets and wasps are served the same way.