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IN NATURE of January 7 Mr. W. E. Collinge (for whose work I have the greatest respect) places the blackcap in his list of injurious birds. As at once a gardener and an observer of birds for about sixty years I wish to protest against this accusation, which, if acted upon by fruit farmers, would soon lead to the extinction of the most charming songster of all the true warblers.
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WALKER, A. The Economic Status of the Blackcap. Nature 94, 617 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/094617a0
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