INSECTS AND IURDS 



1 Flicker . . 

 1 Nighthawk . 

 1 Crackle . . 

 1 Killdeer . . 

 1 Tree Swallow 



28 White Grubs 

 34 May Beetles 

 100 Cotton Bollworms 

 300 Mosquito Larvae 

 30 Chinch Bugs 



1 Pheasant 8000 Seeds of Chick weed and Dandelion 



1 Duck 72,000 Weed Seeds 



1 Bobwhite .... 1700 Weed Seeds 



1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 217 Fall Webworms 



259. Some Less Helpful Birds. Except for a few varieties, 

 the value of farm birds is generally granted. Even those 



varieties that are usually 

 believed to be harmful 

 have some good points. 

 Hawks and owls are 

 usually classed as 

 thieves. The truth is 

 that most of them also 

 are the friends of the 

 farmer. In the nest of 

 a barn owl there were 



THE CROW. 

 An enemy of the corn. 



found over 3000 skulls 

 of mice and rats. Only 

 three species of hawks 

 are known to be injurious, the Cooper's hawk, the 

 sharp-shinned hawk, and the goshawk. 



An investigation of the food habits of the crow, based 

 on an examination of 909 stomachs, shows that about 29 

 per cent of its food for the year consists of corn and 

 other grain, the greatest quantity of this being eaten 

 in the winter months. The remaining food consists of 

 noxious insects, wild fruit, and seeds. 



The English sparrow is another bird of ill repute. The 

 best that can be said for it is that about 10 per cent of its 

 food is weed seeds. Our native sparrows, such as the 



