Word: kingbirds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...harmful to crops. Even the quail, one of the most valued game birds of this section, would do much toward saving the great loss from insects, if it were adequately protected from extermination. The lecturer gave a vivid illustration of the good done by such common birds as the kingbird by stating that although the latter is accused of eating bees, one family of kingbirds destroy annually from 12,000 to 15,000 harmful insects...
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