. Conservation reader. Natural resources; Forests and forestry. The Court of the Animals and Birds 191. Finley 6* Bohlman The screech owl at home. This is a well-known bird, of great economic value because it catches so many mice. members as well as bad and he could not condemn them all to death. The owls proved that they were of even more benefit to the farmers than were the hawks, because of the large number of rats which they ate. The great horned owl and the barred owl only were singled out for punish- ment. The case of the meadow lark was called next. An old farmer complained that this bi
. Conservation reader. Natural resources; Forests and forestry. The Court of the Animals and Birds 191. Finley 6* Bohlman The screech owl at home. This is a well-known bird, of great economic value because it catches so many mice. members as well as bad and he could not condemn them all to death. The owls proved that they were of even more benefit to the farmers than were the hawks, because of the large number of rats which they ate. The great horned owl and the barred owl only were singled out for punish- ment. The case of the meadow lark was called next. An old farmer complained that this bird had destroyed his young grain. Then the hunters made the plea that the meadow lark was really a game bird and that they ought to be al- lowed to shoot it. In defense of these birds the stomachs of many of them that had been killed were shown in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fairbanks, Harold Wellman, 1860-. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , World book company
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