12 WYoMING Birps. 
the islands of the Great Salt Lake and began to devour the 
crickets. The strangest part of the story is that the Gulls, 
after filling their crops, would go to the streams and after 
drinking some water, would disgorge, and then return to 
the feast. After a few days the fields were rid of the crick- 
ets and the Gulls returned to their island homes. To this 
day the pioneers delight to tell how they were saved from 
starvation by the intervention of God in their behalf. “Both 
sentiment and law prevent people from killing the Gulls. In 
fact, when these white-winged birds are seen, they inspire 
a feeling of reverence.’ On October I, 1913, a monument 
to the Gulls was unveiled in Salt Lake City. One side of 
it bears a bronze tablet with the following inscription : 
SEA “GULL MONUMENT 
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE * 
** OF THE MERCY OF GOD * 
TO THE MORMON PIONEERS 
al. - ~ ale le 
> >K *K x > > *K *K 
3. The following quotations are from Mr. Edward 
Forbush of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture: 
“T once noticed that in an orchard infested by canker 
worms, those trees nearest some woods were soon cleared 
of these worms, mainly by Warblers which came from the 
woods and sprout land to feed upon them.” 
“The enormous numbers of insects that breeding War- 
blers must secure to feed their young may be inferred from 
the fact that each young bird requires fully half its own 
weight of insects each day. As the young are fed very 
largely on caterpillars, and as they are reared_at a time 
when these insects are most plentiful, there is no doubt re- 
garding the restraining influence exerted upon the increase 
