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Title: Legislation for the Protection of Birds Other Than Game Birds
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: T.S. Palmer
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
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eds, grasses, and a little grain, but the grain, chiefly corn, amountedto only 14 percent. No sprouting corn was found in any stomach,and no grain of any kind was found in stomachs taken in summer; thelargest quantity was eaten in January, when other food was scarce. a Yearbook Dept. Agr. for 1895, pp. 420,426,1896. 28 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. Among the insects taken at various times during- the year, grassnop-pers, locusts, and crickets are by far the most important, since theyaveraged 29 percent of the food. Of the 238 stomachs examined, 178contained grasshoppers, and 37 of these insects were found in a singlestomach. In stomachs taken in August they constituted 69 percent ofthe food. BLACKBIRDS. In the District of Columbia red-winged, or marsh, blackbirds (Age-laius phoeniceus—tig. 5) are treated as game and an open season forshooting them is set apart. The argument is made that on account ofthe damage they do to grainfields, particularly in the spring and autumn,
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Fig. 5.—Red-winged blackbird (Agelavusphoenicem). blackbirds should be kept from becoming too abundant by treatingthem as game. But it may well be questioned whether this wouldreduce their numbers as effectually- as if they were excluded entirelyfrom protection in localities where they are injurious. Game birdsare necessarily protected for a longer or shorter time during the breed-ing season, while species excepted from protection may be killed atany season. A full account of the food habits of the various black-birds may be found in Bulletin No. 13 of the Biological Survey. ROBINS. In some sections of the South, particular^ in New Orleans, all kindsof small birds, even thrushes, are considered legitimate game, and areoffered for sale in the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling, SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 29 one main cause of the fearful decrease of our small migratory birdsmust be looked for in our Southern States. There, millions of allkinds of birds are killed to

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