Note 1 — INTRODUCTION.
Reading edition
Farmers’ Bulletins describing the food habits of wild birds and groups of birds, or presenting methods of attracting them about our homes have been issued as follows:
54. Some Common Birds in their Relation to Agriculture, by F. E. L. Beal, 1897. The present bulletin is largely a revision of this bulletin and supersedes it.
383. How to Destroy English Sparrows, by Ned Dearborn, 1910. This bulletin has been superseded by Farmers’ Bulletin 493.
450. Our Grosbeaks and Their Relation to Agriculture, by W. L. McAtee, 1911.
493. The English Sparrow as a Pest, by Ned Dearborn, 1912.
497. Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man, by W. L. McAtee and F. E. L. Beal, 1912.
506. Food of Some Well-known Birds of Forest, Farm, and Garden, by F. E. L. Beal and W. L. McAtee, 1912.
513. Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard, prepared under the direction of Henry W. Henshaw, 1913. This bulletin was issued with illustrations in color, and the demand for it was so enormous that it is no longer available for free distribution. Copies may be had for 15 cents (postage stamps not accepted) of the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office.
609. Bird Houses and How to Build Them, by Ned Dearborn, 1914.
621. How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States, by W. L. McAtee, 1914.