. [Collected reprints, 1895-1916. Birds. 20 but 26 xier cent. A little more thau 10 per cent consists of K,^^^^^a, mostly harmful species. Weevils, or snout beetles, umount to 4 per cent of the year's lood, but in June reacli 25 per cent. As weevils are among the most harmful insects known, their destruction should con- done for at least some of the sins of which the bird has been accused. Grasshoi^pers constitute nearly 5 per cent of the food, while the rest of the animal matter is made up of various insects, a few snails, and crus- taceans. Several dragon flies were found, but these were pro
. [Collected reprints, 1895-1916. Birds. 20 but 26 xier cent. A little more thau 10 per cent consists of K,^^^^^a, mostly harmful species. Weevils, or snout beetles, umount to 4 per cent of the year's lood, but in June reacli 25 per cent. As weevils are among the most harmful insects known, their destruction should con- done for at least some of the sins of which the bird has been accused. Grasshoi^pers constitute nearly 5 per cent of the food, while the rest of the animal matter is made up of various insects, a few snails, and crus- taceans. Several dragon flies were found, but these were probably picked up dead, for they are too active to be taken alive, unless by one of the flycatchers. So far as the insect food as a whole is concerned, the redwing may be cousidered entirely beneficial. The interest in the vegetable food of this bird centers around the. Flu. 10—HeitwiuHotl bliioltbiril. grain. Only three kinds, corn, wheat, and oats, were found in appre- ciable quantities in the stomachs, and they ai^grcgate but little more than 13 per cent of the whole food, oats forming nearly half of this amount. In view of the many couqdaints that the redwing eats grain, this record is surjjrisingly small. The crow blackbird has been found to eat more than three times as much. In the case of the crow, corn forms one-fifth of the food, so that the ledwinj^ed blackbird, whose diet is made up of only a trifle moie than one-eighth of grain, is really one of the least destructive species; but the most important item of this bird's food is weed seed, which forms practically the whole food in winter and about 57 per ccut of the whole year's fare. The principal weed seeds. 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 Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916. s. l. , s. n.
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