Show HAWKS AND OWLS USEFUL J by investigation and inspection we daily learn something regarding the animal kingdom aud and it to Is generally something flom ething partially if not wholly at variance with our previous information or UD when this now new learning JearD ioK conat coats a from a government report or document we then have the enjoyable experience of a double doable surprise and such bach a condition to 18 produced an deuced by bulletin no 3 of the department of at wash logton ington which has some unexpected things to say aay regarding hawks and owls owl the assistant ornithologist dr A K fisher has bait presented a special report on these birds and he be says that only six of the seventy three species and subspecies sub species of hawks and owls ul of the united states are injurious three of those six are extremely rare and another the fish hawk is only indirectly injurious leaving two the sharp shinned chinned and cooperii cooper coope hawks to be reckoned ned with ditl the report continues omitting the six species 2212 stomachs ware examined of which 56 percent contained mice and other small mammals 27 per cent insects and only 3 per cent poultry or game birds in view of this fact the folly of offering bounties for the destruction of hawks and owls as has been done by several states becomes ap parent barent and the importance of an accurate knowledge now ledge of the economic status of our common birds and mammals is overwhelmingly demonstrated the NEWS thinks the utah L giels ture might do a much worse thing than to protect by enactment the hawks and owls of our territory what it these birds jo do take a young chicken for dessert now and aed theal they are better mousers than any oat cat and in their destruction of these vermin they are worth tu to the farmer ten times the value of such of his cifes downy chickens as they i ocasio occasionally nally pounce upon give them justice it not lon len lenca I 1 they earn all the favor they get and much more I 1 |