2 QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER I. 



on the food of the Chickadee. What was found in the 

 stomach of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo ? Of a Robin ? Are 

 most Hawks and Owls beneficial birds ? What forms the 

 largest part of the food of the Red-shouldered Hawk ? 

 What was found in the castings* of the Barn Owl ? What 

 State offered a reward for Hawks and Owls ? What loss is 

 estimated to have resulted ? Why are seed-eating birds of 

 economic value ? What birds are useful as scavengers ? 

 What was the result of killing birds on the Yucatan 

 Coast ? 



Esthetic Relations of Birds to Man (see Chapter I, 

 pages 10-13). — After learning to know birds, what aesthetic 

 characters shall we find that they possess ? Mention several 

 birds of beautiful plumage. Several of unusually graceful 

 flight. Several musical birds. What human traits of 

 character are exhibited by birds ? What pleasure is to be 

 derived from acquaintance with birds ? Is their study re- 

 stricted to any special season ? In what manner will birds 

 appeal to us most strongly ? 



Does familiarity with their notes increase the pleasure "we 

 receive from birds ? Is this the result of association ? In 

 what manner ? 



* Undigested pellets of liair, feathers, and bones, which are 

 ejected at the mouth by Owls and some other birds. 



