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that portion which can be considered to the bird's 

 discredit. The hawks and owls are not given here, 

 as a table for them has been given in Chapter IX. 

 The figures represent the per cent of the total food 

 for the year that any item forms. 



TABLE OF FOOD OF A FEW COMMON BIRDS 



Name of bird 



Crow-blackbird 



Red-winged black- 

 bird 



Bluebird 



Bob-wiiite 



Cardinal 



Catbird 



Cedar-bird 



Cowbird 



Crow 



Cuckoo 



Mourning dove 



Flicker 



Crested flycatcher. . . 



Least flycatcher 



Rose-breasted gros- 

 beak 



Blue jay 



Junco 



Kingbird 



Horned lark 



Meadowlark 



Baltimore oriole 



Wood pewee 



Phoebe 



Robin 



Chipping sparrow . . 



English sparrow 



Field sparrow 



Song sparrow 



Vesper sparrow 



Brown thrasher 



Wood thrush 



Downy woodpecker. , 



Hairy woodpecker. . . 



Red-headed wood 

 pecker 



House wren 



To bird't credit 



*3 .2 g 



55 

 70 

 52 



45 

 19 

 17 

 50 

 15 

 66 

 58 

 56 

 51 

 33 

 28 



30 

 18 

 22 

 33 

 38 





57 



77 

 47 

 60 

 60 

 12 

 10 

 80 

 16 

 88 

 64 

 55 

 70 

 52 



61 

 19 

 79 

 50 

 79 

 63 

 58 

 56 

 51 

 33 

 81 

 24 

 70 

 68 

 64 

 33 

 38 

 69 

 72 



To bird's discredit 



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e25 



3 

 3 

 13 



7 

 15 



4 

 13 



2 

 15 



ii 



10 



14 

 3 



74 

 8 

 4 

 8 



19 

 6 

 3 

 2 



