tog® to *n£.vd tbe SlacitllrdB feed In tha rlo# fitabbl© as thay ola&ned out a 
large part of tns waate rlco that had lallef during the harvest and. also 
a to the red rice that grew uloag toe loveos and elwownere* 7nl3 dl<«4 away 
with the giowth of tolunteer rice daring the following year a ajattor of Im- 
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portauce as volunteer rice ie in nearly ali cates inferior in quality and 
where it is abundant lowers tliO avemce grade of the rice produced so that 
it brings a uaich lower price* Ked hlce la a eorious pest as the grains are 
saiall and when abundant in the narvested output of rice they interfere 
learnedly with the proper oiilling of the bettor varieties with v;hlch they 
are mixed* Other rice growers stated that the waste rioe and rad rice 
oould be oleened. out by lM>ge paetured in the fields and tne grain turned 
to advantage that othowfise would be wasted* It Wfis generally udi&ltted 
hiDwever tluit hogs were not entirely effective and most men ooaoodod that 
tlie-iwork of the blaoicblrda In winter was beneflolal* Shis point should 
be bonw in mind as It would seem that serious dumage to rice is caused in 
large part by realdaat birde and t^iot oove in seasons whai the rice in 
late migrants and /-Intering birds do little ham* rbeae statonento would 
need oureful verification as they are based almost entirely upon Infonaa— 
tlon given by imjn not wholly familiar with differences botwoon spoclea of 
birds or with the migratory twvoinents of individuals* 
Speolmens of Blaoibirds that wore oollected during the work in Ar- 
kansas belonged to four species, vin*. Bronzed Gmcklo t ^ulscalus !i.* nejnej^) 
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Cowbird f i^olothrus a* ater l. Kuetjr Blackbird (L.U!?hai 9 ia caruligaBJ * 
Rod-winged Blackbird t n^Tolnius ji* nredatorluo ) * She four speolmens of 
the Red— winged Blackbird taken were all shot from one flock and belonged 
to the form that breeds in ArJaxnaaa* It shoxild be noted however that two 
