ooQBiderable number of icezneXs exaflilned* Thoogh more red rioe mey have 
been ropresentad in tha ground up fragnanta In thesa stonaoha thara uaa 
nothing presant to indicate that this was really the case# 
The other food formed in tha etomacha of these blctf^kbirds was made 
t^} largely of grass and sedge seeds with a very small percentage of an* 
iznal matter* The Bronzed Oracicle had taken 00 seeds of poison Iry* Two 
of the Kusty Blackbirds bad eaten oats in addition to rioe but this may 
possibly hare been waste grain from horse droppings* All of the rioe 
eaten had been hulledt thou^ taany bits of hulls had been swallowed by 
the Busty Blackbirds and the Bronzed Orackle* Seemingly these two spe- 
cies were not so expert at handling these seeds as the Hed-winged Black- 
birds aad Cowbirds as la the stomachs of these latter species very few 
remains of the ro^lgh hulls ooverlng the rice icemels were found* 
imtAOE F&otl omsH SOaUGiS, 
English Sparrows ( Passer domes ticus ) were conunon about the towns 
rlslted and many were found about farm houses soatted through the country. 
Some coat>lalnt was directed against these birds but most of the rice grow- 
ers had paid little attention to them* He £* Orill of Qlllett said that 
this year English Sparrows had destroyed the rioe in an area of about five 
acres In a field farmed by him* This small area matured more rapidly than 
ths surrounding grain and the sparrows fed 6n it while it was in the milk 
destroying the entire yield. 
Some stated that the oommon rat did damage to stored rioe and fre- 
<iuently was a serious pest* The greatest damage oaoe when the rats attaoned 
grain In saoks and out the sacks so that the leakage Interfeted with tiandllng 
