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Birds that Devour the Codling Moth
Downy Woodpecker {Dryobates pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates villosus).
Texan Woodpecker {Dryobates scalaris bairdi). Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melaverpes erythrocephalus). Red-Shafted Flicker {Colaptes cafer coUaris).
Pileated Woodpecker (Phloeotomus pileatus).
Kingbird {Tyrraniis tyrranns).
Western Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher {Empidonax difficilis). Blue Jay {Cyanocitta cristata).
California Jay {A phelocoma califarnica).
Magpie {Pica pica httdsonia).
Crow Blackbird {Qiiiscalns quiscula).
Brewer Blackbird {Enphagtis cyanocephalus).
Bullock Oriole {Icterus bidlocki).
English Sparrow {Passer domesticus).
Chipping Sparrow {Spizella passerina).
California Towhee {Pipilo crissalis).
Cardinal {Cardinalis cardinalis).
Black Headed Grosbeak {Zamelodia melanocephaJa). Lazuli Bunting {Passerina cyanea).
Barn Swallow {Ilirundo erythrogastra).
Western Warbling Vireo {Vireosylva gilva s-ixuinsoni) vSummer, or Yellow Warbler {Dendroica aestiva). Lutescent Warbler {Vermivora celata lutescens).
Brown Creeper {Certhia familiaris americana).
White-Breasted Nuthatch {Sifta carolinensis). Black-Capped Chickadee {Penthestes atricapilliis).
Plain Titmouse {Baeolophus inornatus).
CavoVma. Chicl^adee {Pe^ithestes carolinensis).
Mountain Chickadee {Penthestes gambeli).
California Bush Tit [Psaltriparns minimus califamicus). Ruby-Crowned Kinglet {Regulus calendula).
Robin {Planesticus migratorius) , Bluebird {Sialia sialis).
In all, says Mr. W. L. AIcAtee, thirty-six species of birds of thirteen families help man in his irrepressible conflict against his deadly enemy, thecodlingmoth. "Insomeplacestheydestroyfromsixty-sixtoeighty- five per cent of the hibernating larvae."
Now, are the farmers of this country content to let the Italians of the North, and the negroes of the South, shoot those birds for food, and devour them? What is the great American farmer going to do about this matter? What he should do is to write and urge his members of Congress to work for and vote for the federal migratory bird bill.
The Cotton Boll Weevil.—Let us take one other concrete case. The cotton boll weevil invaded the United States from Mexico in 1894. Ten years later it was costing the cotton planters an annual loss estimated at fifteen million dollars per year. Later on that loss was estimated at twenty million dollars. The cotton boll weevil strikes at the heart of the industry by destroying the boll of the cotton plant. While the total
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ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS
Behold the array of birds that devour the larvae of the codling moth to an important extent.
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