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ing, when the sun is newly risen, and the song-birds are 
greeting the new day. 
According to the investigations of the Biological Survey, 
the Meadowlark is one of the most valuable of all birds that 
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frequent farming regions. Throughout the year, insects make 
up 73 per cent of its food, grain 5 per cent, and weed-seeds 12 
per cent. During the insect season, insects constitute over 
90 per cent of this bird’s food supply. As a destroyer of 
insects and weeds, this bird is entitled to the most perfect 
protection that laws and public sentiment combined can 
afford. 
