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The Bluejay and its Food. Yearbook U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture 1896, 
pp. 197-206, figs. 40-42. 
This is a complete discussion of the range, habits, and economic 
value of the bluejay. Details are given as to the insect and vegetable 
food, and experiments to determine preferences of a captive jay are de- 
scribed. 
Food of the European Rook (Corvus frugilegus). Science N.S. 3, pp. 
918-919, June 26, 1896. 
Review of paper by M. Hollrung. 
Birds that Injure Grain, Yearbook U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, 1897, 
pp. 345-354. 
Professor Beal discusses the cause of the increase in numbers of the 
principal grain-eating birds, outlines the damage done, and gives some- 
what extended accounts of the food habits of 5 species, particularly in 
relation to grain. Four other species are briefly mentioned. 
Recent Investigations of the Food of European Birds. Auk 14, No. 1, 
Jan. 1897, pp. 8-14. 
Review of John Gilmour’s article on rook, starling, and wood-pigeon, 
M. Hollrung on rook, and comparison of food-habits of rook with those 
of American crow. 
Some Common Birds in their Relation to Agriculture. Farmers’ Bulle- 
tin 54, 40 pp. 22 figs. May, 1897. Revised edition. 48 pp. 22 figs., 
March, 1904. 
See discussion under Farmers’ Bulletin 630, 1915. 
Cuckoos and Shrikes in their Relation to Agriculture. Biological 
Survey Bulletin 9, 26 pp. 1 pl. 1 fig. 1898. The food of cuckoos (pp. 7-14, 
fie wl) i 
After noting briefly the general habits of the Yellow-billed and Black- 
billed Cuckoos, this bulletin treats their food habits collectively. 
Some of the Economic Relations of Birds and their Food. Proc. 24th 
Ann. Session N. J. State Hort. Soc., Jan., 1899, pp. 104-129. 
The Feeding Habits of the Chipping Sparrow and the Winter Food of 
the Chickadee. Bird-Lore 1, No. 3, June, 1899, pp. 97-98. 
Review of 2 papers by Clarence M. Weed. 
[Review]. Bird-Lore 1, No. 4, Aug., 1899, pp. 133-4. 
Review of an article entitled “Birds” by Annie M. Grant and of 
“The Birds of Ontario in relation to Agriculture by Chas. W. Nash.” 
Food of the Bobolink, Blackbirds, and Grackles. Biological Survey 
Bulletin 13, 77 pp. 1 pl. (map). 6 figs. 1900. 
This bulletin contains formal reports on the food habits of the Bobo- 
link, the Cowbird, and 7 species of blackbirds. Tabulations of the princi- 
pal food items, by months, follow the general account of each species, and 
diagrams graphically conveying the same information are given for the 
Bobolink, Cowbird, and Red-winged Blackbird. 
How Birds Affect the Orchard. Yearbook U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, 
1900, pp. 291-304, figs. 34-38. 
