INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS 323 



many more desirable birds. This bird lives almost 

 entirely on grain, and it should therefore be sup- 

 pressed. The cat- 

 bird is a fruit 

 eater, and the 

 crow destroys 

 much corn during 

 the spring days 

 following its 

 planting. Their 

 numbers should 

 be diminished. 



Hawks and 

 owls often carry 

 off young chick- 

 ens, hence should 

 not be allowed to 



increase in num- FIG. 167. English Sparrow, Male and Female, tak- 

 Ko, Hixrlc V,rM*r in & Possession of Nesting Boxes provided for Native 



bers. UW1S, HOW- Birds _ (Farmer - s Bulletin, 383.) 



ever, probably 



pay for a part of the loss which they occasion by de- 

 stroying field mice. 



Gophers, woodchucks, rabbits, skunks, mice, and 

 rats are all destructive to the crops of the farm, but 

 none of them becomes a pest beyond the control of the 

 farmer, though the total amount of loss through them 

 in one year would doubtless be expressed in many mil- 

 lions, if it could be accurately determined. 



