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Excerpt from Birds of California in Relation to the Fruit Industry, Vol. 1 The failure of customary food supply sometimes leads birds to forage upon crops which they do not commonly eat. This may be the explanation of the depredations of robins in the fall and winter of 1900 - 1901, when thousands of these birds pillaged the olive orchards in Santa Clara Valley, the region about Santa Barbara, and other parts of California. In that year it was as much as the olive growers could do to save part of their crop. Since then no case of excessive loss of olives has been reported, though occasionally some damage has been done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Birds of California, Vol. 1: In Relation to the Fruit Industry Before proceeding to a consideration of particular birds, one point should be specially noted in connection with the subject Of the rela tion Of birds to fruit in California. Those parts of the State where fruit is grown are not so well supplied with wild fruits on which birds feed as are the fruit-growing areas Of the Eastern States, or even Of those farther north on the Pacific coast. While California has an abundance of wild berries which serve as food for birds, they do not commonly grow near orchards and vineyards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.