The diary of Edmund Heller, October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918 : covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History
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I have seen no birds from the P.R. except a few across. There is not even a house Sparrow about any of the villages. The value of birds to agriculture is greatly overestimated as here is an example of a highly successful agricultural country with out birds, all farming been killed years ago.