"Beal" Quotes from Famous Books
... 2.9; wheat, 4.8; other grain, 1.6; fruits, 5; weed seeds and mast 18.2! This report was based on the examination (by the Biological Survey) of 2,346 stomachs, and "the charge that the blackbird is an habitual robber of birds' nests was disproved by the examinations." (F.E.L. Beal.) ... — Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday |