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  BIRDS 
  KNOWN 
  TO 
  EAT 
  THE 
  BOLL 
  WEEVIL. 
  

  

  Avere 
  it 
  permitted 
  to 
  winter 
  unmolested 
  within 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  present 
  law 
  protecting 
  the 
  nongame 
  birds, 
  such 
  

   as 
  meadow 
  larks, 
  grackles, 
  orioles, 
  and 
  flycatchers, 
  is 
  to 
  no 
  small 
  

   extent 
  disregarded, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beneficial 
  birds 
  are 
  being 
  

   destroyed. 
  An 
  efficient 
  warden 
  service 
  would 
  no 
  doubt 
  aid 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   serving 
  the 
  birds, 
  but 
  the 
  bird 
  laws 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  really 
  

   effective 
  only 
  when 
  supported 
  by 
  public 
  sentiment, 
  prompted 
  by 
  a 
  

   widespread 
  knowledge 
  and 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  services 
  birds 
  render 
  

   to 
  man. 
  When 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  services 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  war 
  against 
  

   the 
  boll 
  weevil 
  is 
  understood 
  throughout 
  the 
  cotton 
  States 
  it 
  must 
  

   result 
  in 
  an 
  enlightened 
  public 
  sentiment 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  birds. 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  of 
  extending 
  every 
  possible 
  protection 
  and 
  encour- 
  

   agement 
  to 
  insectivorous 
  birds 
  within 
  the 
  cotton-producing 
  districts 
  

   of 
  Texas 
  and 
  other 
  Southern 
  States 
  is 
  strongly 
  urged. 
  

  

  LIST 
  OF 
  BIRDS 
  WHICH 
  HAD 
  EATEN 
  BOLL 
  WEEVILS. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   birds 
  

   exam- 
  

   ined. 
  

  

  Carolina 
  wren 
  

  

  Titlark, 
  Pipit 
  

  

  Tomtit, 
  Black-crested 
  

  

  titmouse 
  

  

  Western 
  meadow 
  lark_ 
  

   Florida 
  meadow 
  lark 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Common 
  phoebe 
  

  

  Redwing 
  blackbird 
  

  

  White-throated 
  spar- 
  

   row 
  

  

  Western 
  savanna 
  spar- 
  

   row 
  

  

  Brown 
  thrasher 
  

  

  Texas 
  bob 
  white 
  

  

  Num- 
  

  

  

  ber 
  

  

  Num- 
  

  

  that 
  

  

  ber 
  

  

  had 
  

  

  of 
  boll 
  

  

  eaten 
  

  

  wee- 
  

  

  boll 
  

  

  vils 
  

  

  wee- 
  

  

  eaten. 
  

  

  vils. 
  

  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  i! 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  * 
  Brewer 
  blackbird 
  

  

  * 
  Cowbird 
  

  

  * 
  Jackdaw, 
  Great-tailed 
  

  

  grackle 
  

  

  * 
  Western 
  meadow 
  lark 
  

  

  * 
  Mockingbird 
  

  

  * 
  Butcherbird. 
  

  

  *Killdeer 
  

  

  * 
  Baltimore 
  oriole 
  

  

  * 
  Dickcissel 
  

  

  * 
  Scissor-tail 
  fly 
  catcher 
  . 
  

  

  * 
  Common 
  phcebe 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   birds 
  

   exam- 
  

   ined. 
  

  

  10 
  

   31 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  153 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  2 
  

   3 
  

   1 
  

   1 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  

   that 
  

   had 
  

   eaten 
  

   boll 
  

   wee- 
  

   vils. 
  

  

  5 
  

   4 
  

  

  2 
  

   23 
  

   3 
  

   2 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  

  

  of 
  boll 
  

   wee- 
  

   vils 
  

  

  eaten. 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  Examined 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  See 
  Bulletin 
  51, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  1905. 
  

  

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