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are most nnmeroiis, the reports of damage are more pro- 

 nounced, while locally in Middlesex, and in one or two in- 

 stances in Worcester County, they are reported as doing 

 damage by pulling corn and digging up peas. It would seem 

 from the reports that, while these birds are not as yet plenty 

 enough to do much damage in most sections, they will, where 

 numerous, do a good deal of damage, especially in the fall, 

 to the ripening corn, and in the spring by digging up seed 

 and pulling young shoots. 



