. Common birds of town and country . esadly missed in many a homestead. The robin is an omnivorous feeder, and itsfood includes many orders of insects, with no very pronounced preference for is very fond of earthworms, but its real economic status is determined by the veg-etable food, which amounts to about 58 per cent of all. The principal item is fruit,which forms more than 51 per cent of the totalfood. The fact that in the examination of over1,200 stomachs the percentage of wild fruit wasfound to be 5 times that of the cultivated varie-ties suggests that berry-bearing shrubs, if plan
. Common birds of town and country . esadly missed in many a homestead. The robin is an omnivorous feeder, and itsfood includes many orders of insects, with no very pronounced preference for is very fond of earthworms, but its real economic status is determined by the veg-etable food, which amounts to about 58 per cent of all. The principal item is fruit,which forms more than 51 per cent of the totalfood. The fact that in the examination of over1,200 stomachs the percentage of wild fruit wasfound to be 5 times that of the cultivated varie-ties suggests that berry-bearing shrubs, if plantednear the orchard, will serve to protect morevaluable fruits. In California in certain yearsit has been possible to save the olive crop fromhungry robins only by the most strenuous exer-tions and considerable expense. The birdsgeneral usefulness is such, however, that allreasonable means of protecting orchard fruitshould be tried before killing the birds. (SeeFarmers Bui. 54, pp. 44-46.) * Measured from tip of bill to tip of 673
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