No. 500] MID-SVMMEB BIRD LIFE OF ILLINOIS 5 1 3 



total in all these crops was 88 per cent, of the area in- 

 spected, the remaining 12 per cent, covering the orchards, 

 the more open woods, the waste and untilled lands, and a 

 few additional minor items. 



Numbers of Birds by Crops 

 Illinois is still a prairie state in the predominance of 

 birds which prefer a grassy turf as, an abiding place. 



CROP .AREAS 



AND BIRDS 











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 ^PASTURE 





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Almost exactly half of those recorded for the state last 

 summer were from pastures and meadows, although the 



