308 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Beneficial Destroyers of Rodents and Noxious Animals. 



NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



Owls. Place of Abode. 



Screech Owl Orchards, groves and thickets 



Barn Owl Barns and other buildings 



Long-eared Owl Woods 



Short-eared Owl Meadows and swampland 



DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



HAWKS. 



Marsh Hawk Meadows and swampland 



Red-Tailed Hawk Sparsely wooded areas, or 



prairies 



Sparrow Hawk Open country 



ixed-Shouldered Hawk Woods. 



BIRDS OF PREY NOT BENEFICIAL. 



Great Horned Owl Densely wooded lowlands 



Sharp-Skinned Hawk Woods 



Cooper's Hawk Forest 



Goshawk 



BIRDS OF QUESTIONABLE VALUE AT CERTAIN SEASONS. 



American Crow Woods and fields 



Cowbird Fields and meadows 



Blackbird Groves, parks, woods 



Bobolink Fields 



A BIBD PEST. 

 English Sparrow Streets, yards and fields 



Foods of Game Birds. 



PRAIRIE CHICKEN. 

 15% insects. 



85% vegetable food consisting of 15% noxious weeds, the balance. is 

 browse and grain mostly from stubble. 



CALIFORNIA QUAIL. 

 3% insects. 



62% noxious and troublesome seeds. 

 35% fruits-grain, etc. 



