22 BIKDS OF CALIFORNIA AFFECTING FRUIT INDUSTRY. 



protected. That the complete extermination of the species, even if 

 possible, is not desirable will be readily allowed, but that a reduction 

 of its present numbers would be for the general welfare can not rea- 

 sonably be denied. Were it possible to destroy half the linnets in the 

 fruit-growing sections of the State, there is no doubt that most of the 

 complaints against the species would cease. As it is, the fruit grower 

 must protect himself by such devices as are suggested by local con- 

 ditions, and bear in mind that, while as an individual he may suffer, 

 the bird, on the whole, is doing the State good service. 



LIST OF SEEDS FOUND IN STOMACHS OF LINNETS. 



Following is a list of identified seeds, with the number of stomachs 

 in which each kind was found. The same kinds of seeds were of 

 course contained in many more stomachs, but were so finely ground 

 up as to be unidentifiable. It is not unlikely that in identifying the 

 seeds specifically errors have been made, but it is believed that few, 

 if any, of the generic identifications are erroneous. A few seeds 

 were found which have not yet been identified. 



Sedge {Garex sp.) . 21 



Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) 3 



Knotweed (Polygonum auiculare). (PI. II, fig. 4) 128 



Catchfly (Silene sp.) 51 



Chickweed (Stellaria media) 21 



Spurry (Spergula arvensis) 14 



Amaranth (Amarantus retroflexus et al.) 108 



Calandrinia (Calandrinia menziesi) 2 



Miner's lettuce (Montia perfoliata) 11 



Wild turnip (Brassica campestris) 13 



Black mustard (Brassica nigra). (PI. II. fig. 2) 83 



Wild radish (Raplianus sativus) 108 



Geranium (Geranium dissectum) : 3 



Alfilaria (Erodium moschatum) , ] 



I 392 

 Alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium). (PI. II, fig. 3) j 



Yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) 1 



Turkey mullen (Eremocarpus setigerus). (PI. II, fig. 7) 117 



Poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). (PI. II, fig. 9) 1 



Burweed (Amsinckia tesselata). (PI. II, fig. 6) 3 



Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) 4 



Western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) 3 



Sunflower (Helianthus sp.) 5 



Mayweed (Anthemis cotula) 1 



Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) 21 



Lesser tarweed (Deinandra fasciculata) 1 



Tarweed (Madia sativa). (PL II, fig. 5) 5 



Milk thistle (Mariana mariniana). (PI. II, fig. 8) 3 



Napa thistle (Centaurea melitensis), (PI. II, fig. 1) 60 



