EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



PLATE 21 

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

 grain in sprouting grain tield. 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 Aeampo and Lathrop, San Joaquin County. California. The 

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



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