azid grobt S’looks of F.uaty Blaokblnts untcL Sroased Qraoicles gathered to feed 
on this Waste gi'&izkWith thoA were u&ny meadow laras that seoiwd to he in 
search of tlie same food. At Se ¥itt and Oillett the fields were hare of 
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snow and although many blaokhirds wore observed feeding in the roads this 
haoit was not so imiversal as at dtuttgart. However it wes noted that the 
uhiodowiarks still freciuented the roadways in largo numbers. Save in one 
instanoe uo cos^dalnt was made against the meadowlark as a destroyer of 
rloe durixig the present in^uiryt and in that one case evidence was not oer- 
tain. 
On iMoember 17 the Ihisty Blaokbird was found near Stuttgart in large 
nooks. It was estimated that between 30*000 and 40,000 of these birds weare 
seen dn this date. The birds were very common farther south also and large 
numbers were seen eooh day. Hear Stutt^-art between 10,000 and 15,000 Bronsed 
Graokles were seen also ou beosmber 17 and large numbers were present near 
l>e Witt. The Oowblrd was less abundant but large numbers of Bedwlnge were 
noted. At Dewitt it was noted that the blackbirds eeuood to })avo a roost 
somewhere east of town as on December £0 and 22 ne * flocks 
were passing constantly toward the west and southwest between seven thirty 
and eleven in the morning. The greater of the birds observed were busty 
islaokbirds with many Bronsed Grackles and a few Bedwlngs accompanying them. 
All were flying steadily at an altitude varying from 100 to 300 feet above 
the earth. Uany congregated about the stacks where the rice had been 
threshed. After midday flocks gathered in willows and other tree growth 
growing about pools where the birds rested during digestion of the food 
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contained In their crops. 
Some of tlie faraers questioned stated that it was a decided odvon- 
