1921.] 



The Starling. 



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numbers, in order to gauge accurately its food habits under 

 new conditions. 



Failing some such action as indicated above, the agricul- 

 turist and fruit grower will be left faced with a growing enemy 

 which is devastating their crops, and inimical to their interests, 

 and the country with a portentous factor which is adding to 

 the scarcity of home-grown food. In short, the starling has 

 become a plague in the land and a source of great national loss. 



