. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Trumpet Creeper and Other Vines of River Fig. 2.—Broom-Sedge and Briers in Hog Lot. [N8ECT FOOD. 25 White potatoes. The potato beetle (Doryphora 10-lineata) causedevery year considerable injury to white potatoes. During May,it had destroyed at least half of the foliage of several acres of potatoesabout 6 inches high in lot :;. The field was watched for an hour ortwo each day for several days, but only three birds were seen in thepatch—a pair of , which are noted potato-beetle eaters,sometimes consumi
. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Trumpet Creeper and Other Vines of River Fig. 2.—Broom-Sedge and Briers in Hog Lot. [N8ECT FOOD. 25 White potatoes. The potato beetle (Doryphora 10-lineata) causedevery year considerable injury to white potatoes. During May,it had destroyed at least half of the foliage of several acres of potatoesabout 6 inches high in lot :;. The field was watched for an hour ortwo each day for several days, but only three birds were seen in thepatch—a pair of , which are noted potato-beetle eaters,sometimes consuming from 50 to l at a single meal, and a cardinal,which is a near relative of the rose-breasted grosbeak, probably thethe most valuable destroyer of the pest. Unfortunately neither spe-cies could be either observed feeding in the patch or subsequently col-1. Other birds were very abundant along Persimmon Branchand the river front, but appeared to manifest n interest in potatobeetles. From .May 28 to May :»<». 1mm;. the potatoes in the kitchengarden, though in fair foliage, had from several to a do/en hec
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