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Title: Birds and nature in natural colors.
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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the stomacli examination show. (I) that the Jay eats manynoxious insects; (2) that its habits of robbing the nests of other birds is muchless common than has been asserted: and (3) that it does little harm to agri-culture, since all but a small amount of the corn eaten is waste grain. (Beal.! Personally, my attitude toward the Jay is that which I hold in regard tothe Crow. It is not unusual for the Jay to eat birds eggs, and in so doinglie does an injury which the good deeds to his credit are far from balancing.As with the Crow, any one of the insect or seed-eating birds killed by a JayAvould doubtless have been more desirable than the Jay itself, and where a singleJay, as often happens, destroys a whole nestful of eggs it becomes a positivelyinjurious species. I believe, therefore, that the Blue Jay is no more deseningof protection than is the Crow. Both birds, however, are far too interestingto be exterminated, but no steps should be taken w^hich will result in their in-crease. 728
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Lesser Scaup Duck iAytkya affims) By Lynds JonesSynonyms.—Lesser Scaut; Little )^)Lackhead ; Bluebjll. etc. Description.—Adult male: Similar to preceding but smaller; the head notglossed with green,—violet or purplish instead. Adult female: Distinguishablefrom that of A. marila only by smaller size. Length 15.00-17.00 (381.-431.8) :wing 8.00 (203.2 ) ; tail 2.30 (58.4) ; bill 1.65 (41.9) ; tarsus 1.40 (35.6). Recognition ^larks.—See preceding species; smaller. Nesting.—Not certainly known to breed in Ohio. Xcst and Eggs, like thoseof preceding species. Av. size of eggs, 2.25 x 1.58 (57.2 x 40.1). General Range.—North America in general breeding chiefly north of theUnited States, migrating south to Guatemala and the West Indies. A CAREFUL enumeration of the ducks would probably prove this LittleBlack-head,* or Little Blue-bill as he is known to the hunters, the most nu-merous of all our ducks. It is certainly true that more individuals of thisspecies are seen on our rivers,

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