164 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF BIRDS 
1895. Barrows, AY. B., and Schwarz, E. A. The Common 
Crow in the United States. U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Bul- 
letin No. 6, 1895, p. 98. 
General habits of the crow, geographic distribution, migra- 
tion, crow-roosts; animal food of the crow; methods of in- 
vestigation, method of examining stomachs; relative per- 
centages of animal and vegetable food ; relation of the crow 
to mammals; relation of crow to other birds; relation of 
crow to reptiles, fishes, and invertebrates; insect food of the 
crow; testimony of correspondents on insect food by the 
crow; vegetable food of the crow, corn, wheat, oats, barley, 
buckwheat, mast, grass, and weed seeds, wild rice, fruit; pro- 
tection of crops, — tarring corn, use of poison, bounties; list 
of localities at which crows’ stomachs were collected. 
1895. Beal, F. E. L. Crow Blackbirds* and Their Food. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Year Book, 1894, pp. 
233—248. 
Discussion of the purple grackle and its two sub species, 
the bronzed and Florida grackles. The following subjects 
are treated: Geographic range, observations regarding the 
diet of the crow blackbird, examinations of stomach con- 
tents, various articles of bird diet, grains and fruits as black- 
bird food, seeds as bird food, food of the young, and sum- 
mary. 
1895. Beal, F. E. L. Preliminary Report of the Food of 
AA'ood peckers. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Bulletin No. 
7, pp. 1-33. Rev. in Amer. Nat. v. XXX, p. 946 ; 
Pop. Sci. Monthly, v. XLIX, p. 573. 
General remarks and table showing food percentages, fol- 
lowed by short discussions of the range, habits, and food of 
the following species: downy, hairy, red-headed, red-bellied, 
and pileated woodpeckers, flicker, and yellow-bellied sap- 
sucker. 
1895. 
Bendire, Charles. The Cowbirds. Report U. 
National Museum, 1893, pp. 587-624, plates 1-3. 
S. 
Extended account of the life history of various species of 
cowbirds, with especial reference to their relations to other 
birds. 
