List of Birds Examined. 



benefits arrived at after examining the stomach contents of 265 

 birds, 



States : tl There is no uncertainty, no dubiety about the mean- 

 ing here : the figures, as given by himself, condemn, and we cannot 

 but convict. The root crops stand entirely against him ; amongst 

 the leaves, the clovers accuse him most strongly ; and in the case of 

 cereal grains no extenuation whatever for his outrage is offered. 

 Though grain be left entirely out of count, the pigeon stands utterly 

 condemned by the heavy black score still standing against him for 

 root-crop and clover-leaf destruction." 



Slater (104), Hooper (68), Theobald (109) and Newstead (92) 

 all condemn this bird. Florence (47) examined eleven birds, and 

 thus summarises the stomach contents: "9 contained corn; 4, 

 barley; 3, turnip-tops; 3, peas; 1, beans; 2, beech nuts; 6, weeds 

 (leaves and seeds); 1, holly seeds." 



Post-mortem Records. 



Three hundred and eighty-eight birds have been examined. 



