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the laboratory 1,514 stomachs were examined, and the birds proved to be 
mainly insectivorous, with their vegetable food (22.78 per cent) taken 
mostly in the winter months. The author concludes that the meadow- 
larks are ordinarily very beneficial, but under certain local conditions, 
may do appreciable damage, ‘principally to grain. 
Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to 
Man. By W. L. McAtee and F. E. L. Beal. Farmers’ Bulletin 497, 
pp. 30, figs. 14, May 6, 1912. 
This bulletin contains brief accounts of the food and economic status 
of 19 birds of which those on the California Quail and Franklin’s Gull were 
prepared by Professor Beal. 
The Nighthawk. Educational Leaflet No. 1 (2nd ed.), Nat. Assoc. 
Audubon Soe., pp. 1-4, 1 pl., 2 figs., July 1, 1912. 
Entirely revised from original edition of 1903. 
The Tree Sparrow. Educational Leaflet No. 16, Nat. Assoc. Audubon 
Soc., 4 pp., 1 pl., 1 fig., July 1, 1912. 
Food of Our More Important Flycatchers. Biological Survey Bulletin 
44, pp. 67, pls. 5 (4 colored), Sept. 19, 1912. 
This is a formal report on the food of 17 species of our flycatchers 
based upon examination of 3,398 stomachs. 
Food of Some Well-known Birds of Forest, Farm, and Garden. By 
F. E. L. Beal and W. L. McAtee. Farmers’ Bulletin 506, pp. 35, figs. 16, 
September 25, 1912. 
The food and economic status of twenty species of birds are briefly 
discussed. Accounts of the following were prepared by Professor Beal: 
Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Cali- 
fornia Woodpecker, Lewis Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Ruby- 
throated Hummingbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, Arkansas Kingbird, Ash- 
throated Flycatcher, Western Flycatcher, Chipping Sparrow, Junco, 
White-crowned Sparrow, Southern Butcher-bird, Audubon Warbler, and 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 
Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard. By various members of 
the Biological Survey. Farmers’ Bulletin 513, 31 pp., 50 colored figures, 
1913. . 
The separate accounts of birds prepared by Professor Beal are those 
on the Bluebird, Robin, Russet-backed Thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 
Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, House Wren, 
Myrtle Warbler, Loggerhead Shrike, Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Song 
Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Crow Blackbird, 
Brewer’s Blackbird, Bullock’s Oriole, Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, 
Bobolink, Arkansas Kingbird, Kingbird, Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, 
and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
Food of the Robins and Bluebirds of the United States. Department 
- Bulletin 171, pp. 31, figs. 2, February 5, 1915. 
This bulletin consists of formal reports on the food of our five species. 
of Robins and Bluebirds, of which a total of 2,432 stomachs were examined. 
