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ing, when the sun is newly risen, and the song-birds are 

 greeting the new day. 



According to the investigations of the Biological Survey, 

 the Meadowlark is one of the most valuable of all birds that 



MEADOWLARK. 



frequent farming regions. Throughout the year, insects make 

 up 73 per cent of its food, grain 5 per cent, and weed-seeds 12 

 per cent. During the insect season, insects constitute over 

 90 per cent of this bird's food supply. As a destroyer of 

 insects and weeds, this bird is entitled to the most perfect 

 protection that laws and public sentiment combined can 

 afford. 



