32 
Report on the Food Found in 
The Starling. 
Monthly Summary, 1914. 
Month. 
Harmful 
Insects. 
Harmful 
Arachnids. 
c3 
*3 0 
ci cx 
£ 2 
y - 
Harmful 
Crustacea. 
Harmful 
Mollusca. 
Harmful 
Seeds. 
Beneficial 
Insects. 
Beneficial 
Arachnids. 
Beneficial 
Myriapoda. 
Beneficial 
Crustacea. 
Beneficial 
Mollusca. 
Grain. 
Neutrals. 
Number of 
Birds. 
January 
CO 
00 
O 
O 
O 
I 
2 
5 
0 
O 
O 
0 
I 
2 
4 
February 
206 
O 
2 
O 
52 
4 
13 
2 
O 
O 
O 
2 
IOO 
3i 
March . . 
109 
O 
3 
0 
18 
I 
5 
3 
O 
O 
O 
7 
7 
19 
April 
28 
O 
0 
0 
I 
O 
1 
0 
O 
O 
0 
0 
0 
6 ; 
May 
190 
O 
0 
0 
O 
i 29 
I 
O 
1 
O 
0 
10 
3 
25 
Total 
W 
c* 
0 
0 
5 
0 
77 
7 
53 
6 
0 
O 
0 
20 
1 12 
85 
Summary, 1914. 
Only 5 months are recorded here. During all the time the 
birds were doing much more good than harm. The marked 
rise in January is continued from the December of the previous 
year, and is very different from the level seen in January of 
the 2 previous years. 
The Starling. 
Chief Harmful Insects Eaten. 
1912. 
Month. 
£ «> 
22 0) 
3 *8 
Click 
Beetles. 
Wire- 
worms. 
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OJ 
Si tones. 
Hypera. 
Otio- 
rhynchus. 
Xylophasia. 
O 
# rS 
s 
Earwigs. 
No. of 
Birds. 
January 
4 
T 5 
3 
2 
3 
O 
0 
O 
O 
0 
% 6 
February 
57 
2 
13 
31 
15 
7 
5 
O 
0 
27 
60 
March 
r 75 
40 
70 
0 
26 
8 
10 
35 
O 
55 
46 
April 
215 
7 
32 
O 
40 
4 
115 
7 
O 
107 
99 
May 
94 
35 
10 
8 
3 
12 
21 
2 
3 
0 
82 
June 
25 
1 
4 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
43 
45 
July 
5 
0 
4 
0 
5 
3 
4 
0 
O 
0 
17 
August 
2 
0 
7 
3 
0 
0 
M 
0 
0 
0 
7 ,■ 
September . . 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
O 
0 
1 
October 
0 
0 
6 
4 
4 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
November 
17 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
73 
14 
December . . 
• • 
14 
1 
14 
0 
1 
5 
0 
0 
4 
0 
9 
Total 
• • 
608 
101 
163 
48 
IOO 
43 
169 
45 
7 
305 
392 
