. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . 5, 1891. b Forest and Stream, LVII, p. 202. September. 14, 1901. SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 27 MEADOWLAEKS. Like the flickers, meadowlarks (Sturnella magna—fig. 4) are consid-ered game \)j many persons, mainly on account of the character of theirflesh, which in some respects resembles that of quail. A few Statesprovide an open season for lark shooting, as follows: Mississippi,September 15 to March 1; Missouri, August 1 to January 1; NorthCarolina, November 1 to March 15; and British Columbia, September1 to March 1.
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . 5, 1891. b Forest and Stream, LVII, p. 202. September. 14, 1901. SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 27 MEADOWLAEKS. Like the flickers, meadowlarks (Sturnella magna—fig. 4) are consid-ered game \)j many persons, mainly on account of the character of theirflesh, which in some respects resembles that of quail. A few Statesprovide an open season for lark shooting, as follows: Mississippi,September 15 to March 1; Missouri, August 1 to January 1; NorthCarolina, November 1 to March 15; and British Columbia, September1 to March 1. Georgia includes the bird in the list of injurious speciesand thus allows it to be killed at any season. Its importance tosportsmen is small in comparison with its value to farmers. Pro-fessor Beal, in speaking of its food habits says: It is one of the mostuseful allies to agriculture, standing almost without a peer as a destroyerof noxious insects. * * * In summing up the record of the mead-owlark, two points should be especially noted: (1) The bird is most. Fig. 4.—Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). emphatically an insect eater, evidently preferring insects above allother food; and (2) in default of its favorite food it can subsist on avegetable diet. a Professor Beal made an examination of 238 stomachs, and reportedthat the contents comprised about 27 percent vegetable matter and 73percent animal matter. In other words, nearly three-fourths of thefood of the meadowlark for the year, including the winter months,consists of insects. The vegetable food comprised mainly seeds ofweeds, grasses, and a little grain, but the grain, chiefly corn, amountedto only 14 percent. No sprouting corn was found in any stomach,and no grain of any kind was found in stomachs taken in summer; thelargest quantity was eaten in January, when other food was scarce. a Yearbook Dept. Agr. for 1895, pp. 420, 426,1896. 28 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. Among the insects taken at various times du
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