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ten feet square in one field and found that about twenty heads of grain had been damaged by having one or more kernels removed.  Mr. J.F. Hunter told me that he had seen these birds inter feeding in the wheat fields in small flocks, probably family parties.

The crow (Crovus b. Paulus) was said to do some damage to corn by pulling the sprouting grain.  More serious complaints were made of similar damage in the peanut fields. This is done of course by the resident breeding birds.  On Jun e9, while waiting at Arcola for a means of transportation of Warrenton, complaint of crows in peanut fields was made by Mr. John O'Reilly.  He said that four or five birds were feeding in a field belonging to him.  He was given a formula for preparing a poisoned bait for these birds.

A common method employed in an attempt to keep crows from the fields here is to stretch twin back and forth above the cultivated area.  I saw one crow walking about in the upper end of a field protected in that manner so that it may not be very successful.

Assistant Biologist.