75 



Species of Wild Birds reported killed by Cats — Concluded. 



Naub op Bird. 



Baltimore oriole, . 



Meadowlark, . 



Red-winged blackbird, 



Bobolink, 



Starling, 



Crow, 



Blue Jay. 



"Flycatchers," 



Least flycatcher, . 



Wood pewee, . 



Phoebe, . 



Kingbird, 



Ruby-throated hummingbird 



Chimney swift, 



Nighthawk, . 



Whip-poor-will, 



Northern flicker, . 



"Woodpeckers," 



Downy woodpecker. 



Cuckoo, . 



Number 



reporting 



it. 



13 



15 

 5 

 7 

 2 

 1 



25 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 9 

 5 



10 

 8 

 3 

 3 



24 

 8 

 7 

 2 



Name or Bird. 



Screech owl, 



Saw- whet owl. 



Mourning dove. 



Heath hen, . 



Ruffed grouse. 



Ring-necked pheasant. 



Golden pheasant, 



Hungarian partridge, . 



Bobwhite, 



Spotted sandpiper. 



Woodcock, 



Yellow-legs, 



Gallinule, 



Yellow rail, 



Sora, 



Virginia rail, 



"Rail," 



Black-crowned night heron, 



Leach's petrel, 



Dovekie, 



Number 



reporting 



it. 



46 



This list would seem to indicate that more robins than any 

 other species are killed by cats. In the cities, where the so-called 

 "English" sparrow is more plentiful, it suffers considerably, though 

 not so much as the robin, for it can take better care of itself, 

 having lived with the cat for many centuries. Therefore, against 

 272 observers reporting the robin, we have only 72 noting the 

 English sparrow, but there are 29 reporting sparrows without 

 noting the species, some of which probably were "English." If the 

 ravages of the cat were confined to the robin and the introduced 

 sparrow they might be borne, as the sparrow, like the cat, is a 

 foreign disturber, and the robin, like the sparrow, is so fecund 

 that when protected it makes good its losses. But when such 

 useful birds as the native bluebirds, chickadees, cuckoos, spar- 

 rows, swallows, thrushes, titmice, wrens, warblers, woodpeckers 

 and meadowlarks are included in the great toll that the cat takes 

 from bird life, the matter becomes really serious. 



