EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



PLATE 21 



Fig. 1. Holes bored by western meadowlarks in obtaining kernels of 

 grain in sprouting grain field. Photograph by H. C. Bryant taken at 

 Lathrop, San Joaquin County, California, February 28, 1912. 



Fig. 2. Sprouted grain pulled up by western meadowlarks in grain 

 fields at Acampo and Lathrop, San Joaquin County, California. The 

 kernels have been crushed in the bill to obtain the "milk". 



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