358 APPENDIX IV. 



189:). lliDsoN, \V. 11. (Bird Proteclion and the Clergy.) 

 English Society for Protection of Birds, Letter to Clergy, 

 November, 1895. Reprint by Wisconsin Audubon Society, 

 1898. 



Discussion of use of birds for millinery purposes. 



1895. Lucas, F. A. The Tongues of Woodj^eckers. United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Division of Ornithol- 

 ogy and Mammalogy. Bulletin Xo. i, pages 33-39, three 

 plates. 



Discussion of the anatomy of the tongues of the various spe- 

 cies of woodpeckers, the variation in form and relation of the 

 tongue to the food. 



1895. Weed, Clarence M. The Hobin. The Mirror and 

 Farmer (Manchester, Xew Hampshire), October 4 and 

 11, 1895. 



A discussion of economic status of the robin. 



1895. WiNSHir, A. E. Bird Day. The Outlook, April G, 1895, 

 page 560. 



Account of original bird day at Oil City, Pennsylvania, on 

 the first Friday in May, 1894. Plea for general adoption. 



1890. Babcock, C. x\. Bird Day. Journal of Education, k\^v\\ 

 4, 1896. 



1896. Beal, F. E. L. The Meadow Lark and Baltimore Oriole. 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Yearbook, 

 1895, pages 419-430. 



Brief notes on distribution and habits of the two birds, fol- 

 lowed by statements of their food as indicated by the examina- 

 tions of a large number of stomachs. Almost three-fourths of 

 the food of the meadow lark was found to consist of insects, 

 and of these a very large percentage were grasshoppers and 

 crickets. The accusation of pulling sprouting grain and feeding 

 upon grain generally appears not without basis, but the damage 

 done in this manner is more than counterbalanced by the num- 

 bers of insects eaten. The food of the oriole was found to con- 

 sist almost exclusively of insects, and these to a large extent of 

 noxious species. \o question can be raised as to the value of 

 this bird as an insect destroyer. 

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