The Mockingbird 



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While investigating the feeding habits of this remarkable bird, Dr. F. E. L. 



Beal found that in the fifty-two stomachs examined 29 per cent 

 His Food of the contents consisted of vegetable origin. Of the latter, 50 



per cent was of fruit, and 21 per cent of seeds and other items. 

 The birds' appetite for fruit and berries in some communities becomes at times^ 

 so marked that many fruit growers complain of their depredations, while others- 

 plant more fruit in order to provide enough both for man and bird. This latter 

 is the humane and economic method, and should be followed by all orchardists. 



Radclyffe Citgfnero- 



YOUNG MOCKINGBIRDS 

 riiotographed by A. Radclyffe Dugmoie 



