. Birds of California in Relation to the Fruit Industry . WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1907 TTER OF TRANSMITTAL [ . S. I )| i \i; i mi \ i 01 RE, Biological Si rvey,Washington, D. C, July 27, : I have the honor to transmit herewith as Bulletin No. 30ot* the Biological Survey, Part I of a report on the Birds <»t Cali-fornia in Relation to the Fruit Industry, by F. E. L. Beal. Fruitraising in California i- a great and growing industry, and the relationbirds bear to it i- important. The investigations embodied in thepresent report were undertaken with a view to th
. Birds of California in Relation to the Fruit Industry . WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1907 TTER OF TRANSMITTAL [ . S. I )| i \i; i mi \ i 01 RE, Biological Si rvey,Washington, D. C, July 27, : I have the honor to transmit herewith as Bulletin No. 30ot* the Biological Survey, Part I of a report on the Birds <»t Cali-fornia in Relation to the Fruit Industry, by F. E. L. Beal. Fruitraising in California i- a great and growing industry, and the relationbirds bear to it i- important. The investigations embodied in thepresent report were undertaken with a view to the accurate deter-mination of the economic status of every species of California birdthat inhabits orchards, in order that it may be possible for the fruitraiser to discriminate between friend- and foe-: and for the addedpurpose of suggesting remedial measures for the protection of fruitfrom destructive species. A- expected, the strictly insectivorousbirds prove to he almost wholly beneficial, by far the greater per-centage f the insects eaten bcaliforni00felb
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