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An Investigation concerning the Food of certain Birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

John Hammond
John Hammond
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(School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
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The investigation to be described was instigated by Professor Wood and Mr Warburton of the School of Agriculture, Cambridge, in the beginning of the year 1911. Its object was to determine whether or not certain birds were harmful to agriculture; as some naturalists and others considered them to be distinctly beneficial, while farmers were complaining of the damage done to their crops.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , June 1912 , pp. 380 - 409
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

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