. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . rmous numbers for market, and when it reaches the Carolinas,farther south, where it is known as the ricebird, the slaughter isincreased, not for sport, but as protection against its ravages in therice fields. Here it becomes a veritable pest, and may be killed lawfullyat any season. To many persons it is a delicious morsel, although itsdiminutive body furnishes little more than a taste of meat. There Beal, Food of Woodpeckers, Bull. 7, Div. Ornith. and Mamm., Dept. Agr pp16-20, 1895, BOBOLINKS OR REEDBIRDS. 19 would be no object
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . rmous numbers for market, and when it reaches the Carolinas,farther south, where it is known as the ricebird, the slaughter isincreased, not for sport, but as protection against its ravages in therice fields. Here it becomes a veritable pest, and may be killed lawfullyat any season. To many persons it is a delicious morsel, although itsdiminutive body furnishes little more than a taste of meat. There Beal, Food of Woodpeckers, Bull. 7, Div. Ornith. and Mamm., Dept. Agr pp16-20, 1895, BOBOLINKS OR REEDBIRDS. 19 would be no objection to utilizing the bird for food were it not for theabuse to which this custom of killing it for market has given rise. Notonly are other birds killed for reedbirds, but in States in which reed-birds do not occur marketmen try to make up the deficiency by fur-nishing various small birds under that name. In the markets of SanFrancisco horned larks (Otocoris), red-winged blackbirds {Agelaius),Brewers blackbirds (Scolecophagv^s), white-crowned and golden-crowned. Fig. 4.—Bobolink {Doliclwnyx oryzivoru. sparrows (Zonotriohia), song sparrows (Melospisa), savanna sparrows(Ammodmmus), house finches {Carpodacus), and even goldfinches{Astragalinus), have all been sold as Such conditions serveonly to defeat the object of protective laws, and for this reason, iffor no other, reedbirds should be taken off the game list, except inthe few States in which they are known to be abundant; and even heretheir sale should be carefully regulated to prevent the slaughter ofrobins, larks, and other birds, which are almost certain to be killed bymarket hunters. 1 Bryant, Zoe, II, pp. 142-145, 1891. 20 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. MEADOWLARKS. Like the flicker, the meadowlark (Sturnella magna^-ftg. 5) is consid-ered game by many persons, mainly on account of the character of itsmeat, which in some respects resembles that of quail. A few Statesprovide an open season for lark s
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