and fruitlots. Mkd in addition t v~> those which :uv actually oaten, an equal. 



or ma burger, tuitulvr :uv wantonly destroyed b) this bud l have 

 v- . !u\l u for hours on plum trees destroying the buds wholesale, and 

 similarly on entrants " 



" My year's reoord fully confirms the view 1 had previously held, largely 

 founded upon observations in the field, that the bullfinch is for quite half 

 the year most destructive in fruit orchards, causing considerable 

 growers which far outweigh any little good it may do in keeping down the 

 spread of weeds Indeed, its value in this respect is extremely doubtful, 

 for it certainly helps in the distribution of such the dandelion, 



dock, groundsel, charlock, etc.' 



A report on " Che Pood of nestling bird- he results of obsei \ a* 



- ot' parents feeding the young and of examination of stomachs 

 nestlings of the Starling, House Sparrow, Song Thrush and Blackbird. 

 The writer's conclusions as to the nature of the diet and economic value 

 ot" nee Judd w hich he quo: i - 



The great nood ot' study of the relal griculture is 



■;:t in a paper entitled " The Economic Status ot' Birds *'•' Hie 

 r shows that a bird, which by the natuv i is benetieial. may 



kbundant - i as injurious IT 



illustrated by the California linnet and the Starling I brief summary 

 of the i value of British birds, by families concludes the paper. 



oi " The Destruction and Dispersal of 

 Wei S ¥ shows that he is in sympathy with the > 



s ■ ttrdsin India " which was reviewed 



in the Auk' for July. 1912, ■ 5 ys We eanuot rely on 



\\nb\ birds, and the . \ of eultivatiou to eliminate 



>duced in the slig birds." 



- the invee gations of B K 



Ridley and Darwin, on the distribution of seeds by birds, and contributes 

 the results - - \ 5. 133 weeds 



■; droppings of the lion- -~ ... 



from 38 droppings of the Greenfinch and 96 plan- ies from SO of 



the Bullfinch, lie concludes that seed-eating birds aet as distributors 



a much burg s at than is generally supposed, raking 

 meet ion with the evidence regarding U 3 wis, 



>.' S BS that he cannot regard seed-eating birds as 



W I M 



Henderson's The Practical Value ot* Buds ■ - This valuable little 

 manual consis - terseb worded cbt s .l»e Balam N iture, 



