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2 QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER I. 
on the food of the Chickadee. What was found in the 
stomach of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo? Of a Robin? Are 
most Hawks and Owls beneficial birds? What forms the 
largest part of the food of the Red-shouldered Hawk ? 
What was found in the castings* of the Barn Owl? What 
State offered a reward for Hawks and Owls? What loss is 
estimated to have resulted? Why are seed-eating birds of 
economic value? What birds are useful as scavengers? 
What was the result of killing birds on the Yucatan 
Coast ? 
ZEsthetic Relations of Birds to Man (see Chapter I, 
pages 10-13).—After learning to know, birds, what zsthetic 
characters shall we find that they possess? Mention several 
birds of beautiful plumage. Several of unusually graceful _ 
flight. Several musical birds. What human traits of © 
character are exhibited by birds? What pleasure is to be 
derived from acquaintance with birds? Is their study re- 
stricted to any special season? In what manner will birds 
appeal to us most strongly ? 
Does familiarity with their notes increase the pleasure we 
receive from birds? Is this the result of association? In 
what manner ? 
* Undigested pellets of hair, feathers, and bones, which are 
ejected at the mouth by Owls and some other birds. 
