. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ral United Statesto ;md economic status: The food ofthe mourning dove is practically all vegetablematter (over /> i)er cent), princii)ally seeds ofplants, including grain. Wneat, oats, rye, );irley, and buckwheat were found in 150 outof 237 stomachs, and constitiUed .^J per centof the food. Three-fourths of this |)icke(l up after harvest. The princijialand almost diet is weed seeds, which;tre eaten throughout the year and constitute64 i)er cent of the entire foo
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ral United Statesto ;md economic status: The food ofthe mourning dove is practically all vegetablematter (over /> i)er cent), princii)ally seeds ofplants, including grain. Wneat, oats, rye, );irley, and buckwheat were found in 150 outof 237 stomachs, and constitiUed .^J per centof the food. Three-fourths of this |)icke(l up after harvest. The princijialand almost diet is weed seeds, which;tre eaten throughout the year and constitute64 i)er cent of the entire food. In one stomachwere found 7,.SOo seeds of yellow wood sorrel,in another 6,400 seeds of barn grass or fox-tail, and in a third J,6oo seeds of slen«!er pas-palum, of orange hawkweed, 030 ofhoary , IJO of Carolina cranesbill, 50 <ifyellow wood sorrel, 620 of panic grass, and 40of various other weeds. None of these areuseful, and most of them are troublesomeweeds. The dove does not insects or otheranimal food. It should be protected in everypossible TIIK I).\.v .\MO\G niKPS ».. ;i i;^ The Mexican mot-mot is perhaps the i>nly bird that mutilates its tail-feathers for pur-poses of di-coration after they arc full-grown. .\ portion of the shafts is denuded by theItird, leaving the web at the tips to form a c«»nspicuous racket. 53
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