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At tha tima of thla Invaetigatioa tha folloulng spades of blaoicblrds 
were found In this areut 
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Great- tailed Grookle t otogsaalccalas malar 
ned-vluged BlaoAblrd ( Agel&lus phoenloeus 1 
Brewer* a Blackbird (£upbagu8 cyanoooDhalus 1 
Oowbii^ (Llolothrua atar i. 
Prom dosorlptlona fumlahad by the rloe growers It saomad that tha 
Bed-winged Blackbird known looally aa tlia **Elco-blrd” or ”Eeed-bird", wus 
the moat destruotlve. It Is poaalble tliat the Gowbird was confusod with 
this species also as 1 found Gowblrds abundant, yet no mention was made of 
them in discussing bird damage to rloe* Complaints against tha Great-Tailed 
Oraoka whloh was known as the "Jeokdaw” or *'Crow-Jaok” varied but It seemed 
that It was in general injurious. Compared with tho I'.edwlnge however there 
are ooBiparativoly few Individuals of this species present* Tha status of 
Brewer's Blackbird was uncertain as In only a few lastanoes was it charged 
directly with doing harm* As It is an abundant breeding species it seems 
probable that the flocks do feed in the rice fields during late summer and 
a be 
early fall; this howevor is mere supposition and need^ to/uu bs tant iated by 
observations at the proper reason* 
As tha greater part of the damage takes place from the time that 
the mice Is in the milk until it is threshed a period extending from the 
end of July to the first part of October, tha barm must be aooomplished by 
nstive birds* The Eed-wings have about completed nesting at the beginning 
of this period and old aM ywing gather in large flocks* It is probable 
these bends khal do the major part of the damstt^e* During fall <uid winter 
large flocks of other Ked-wlngs and many Cowbirds oorae in here from the 
