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Preface ....... 



I. BlEDS IN THEIR EeLATION TO INJURIOUS 



Insects ..... 



II. Birds Beneficial to Agriculture 



Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 

 Common Partridge (Perdix perdix) 

 Bed-legged Partridge (Caccabis rufa) 

 Corn-Crake (Crex crex) . 

 Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibicndus) 

 Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis) 

 Lapwing or Peewit (Vanellus vanellus) 

 Stone- Curlew (CEdicnemus cedicnemus) 

 Kestrel (Cerchneis tinnunculus) 

 Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) . 

 Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) . 

 Tawny Owl (Syrnium aluco) . 

 Barn Owl (Strix flammea) 

 Nightjar or Goatsucker (Caprimulgus 



europseus) .... 



Swift (Cypselus apus) . 

 Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 

 Green Woodpecker or Yaffle (Gecinus 



viridis) ..... 

 Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus 



major) ..... 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus 



minor) ..... 

 Swallow (Hinindo rustica) 

 House- Martin (Chelidon urbica) 

 Sand-Martin (Gotile riparia) . 

 Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) 

 Wren (Anorthura troglodytes) 



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