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REPORT ON INJURIOUS INSECTS FOR 1905. 



With regard to many of these there can be no question of their 

 value to the farmer, such, for instance, as the Kestrel (Fig. XXVII), 

 the Barn Owl (Fig. XXVIII), the Brown Owl, the Great Titmouse 

 (Fig. XXIX), the Blue Tit (Fig. XXX), the" Jay, and the Green 



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FIG. XXVII. -THE KESTREL OR WIND-HOVER 



Plover (Fig. XXXI); while as to the House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, 

 and Stockdove, I think there can be no question as to their being 

 distinctly injurious. 



As to the remaining species, I propose to offer a few remarks 

 largely based upon the examination of the food contents of their 

 stomachs. 



