APPENDIX IV. 339 



1884. " MERLIN." Protect the Small Birds. Forest and 

 Stream, February 28, page 83. 



Against the " mania" for possession of immense series of 

 birds' eggs and skins. 



1884. " NESSMUCK." Robins and Strawberries. Forest and 

 Stream, vol. xxii., September 25, page 164. 



Verdict heavily against the robin. 



1884. XOE, FLETCHER M. Are Owls Beneficial to the Farmer? 

 Also notes on the species in Indiana. Indiana Farmer, 

 July 5, 1884. 



1884. " PICKETT." Fruit-Eating Birds. Forest and Stream, 

 vol. xxii., August 28, page 83. 



Statistical table showing contents of stomachs of various 

 species. 



1884. PROUT, J. S. Acclimation of Foreign Birds (in the 

 United States). Forest and Stream, vol. xxii., page 364. 



In view of the unsuccessful attempts with the European 

 quail, skylark, etc., it is suggested that such birds should be 

 turned out in the South (Florida, Louisiana, Mexico), instead 

 of the North. 



1884. K. T. The Robin as a Game Bird. Forest and Stream, 

 vol. xxii., September 4, page 105. 



1884. RAGSDALE, G. H. A Plea for the Hawks. American 

 Field, vol. xxi., March 22, page 281. 



Urging discrimination in the slaughter of these birds, the 

 greater part of which are beneficial, they subsisting chiefly upon 

 noxious mammals and insects. 



1884. [Special.] Small Bird Destruction. Forest and Stream, 

 vol. xxii., September 11, page 123. 



Forty thousand tern skins taken in Massachusetts sent 

 during the past year to Liverpool for millinery purposes. Com- 

 ment also on the destruction of woodpeckers and other small 

 birds which fall victims to the gunning craze. 



