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BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. 



Orders. 



Hyiiienoptera 

 Lepidoptera 

 Diptera . . 

 Colcoptera . 

 Hemiptera , 

 Orthoptera . 

 Neuroptera . 



Total 



16 

 

 1 



28 

 1 

 

 



41 



41 



10 



17 

 6 

 1 



47 

 3 



17 

 1 



92 



Individuals. 



126 

 



1 

 85 

 1 

 

 



21! 



8 

 16 





 57 



1 

 150 







232 





 





 32 



1 







18 



134 

 16 



1 



174 



3 



150 



18 



51 496 



A nuiiiber of observers have rei)orted that the crow kills 

 and eats field-mice and i)ocket gophers. Others clami that 

 it is useful as a scavenger, feeding on carrion. It is also 

 known to feed largely on various wild berries, such as those 

 of the Virginia creeper, dogwood, bayberry, red cedar, elder, 

 wintergreen, pokeweed, smilax, poison-ivy, and poison- 

 sumach. It scatters the seeds of these plants far and wide, 

 and the fact of its thus aiding in the distribution of poison- 

 ivy and poison-sumach has been considered one point against 

 the bird. 



Professor Barrows has sununarized the evidence for and 

 against the crow as follows : " (1) Crows seriously damage 

 the corn crop, and injure other grain crops, usually to a less 

 extent. (2) They damage other farm crops to some extent, 

 frequently doing much mischief. (3) They are very de- 

 structive to the eggs and young of domesticated fowls. (4) 

 They do incalculable damage to the eggs and young of native 

 birds. (5) They do much harm by the distrO^ution of seeds 

 of poison-ivy, i)()ison-sumacli, and perhaps other noxious 

 plants. (6) They do mucli harm by the destruction of bene- 

 ficial insects. On the other hand, (1) They do much good 

 by the destruction of injurious insects. (2) They are largely 



