Smithsonian Report, 1920. — McAtee. 



Plate 3. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



Robin. 



English Sparrow. 



Upper left. This familiar bird is a special enemy of garden insects and has been known to control local 

 infestations of the pea louse and cabbage worm. 



Upper right. Often a nuisance, but also an effective destroyer of numerous injurious insects. Here 

 recorded as in at the death of outbreaks of the periodical cicada, asparagus beetles, eankerworms, and the 

 drop worm. 



Lower figure. The best-known bird in the United States. Eats much fruit and earthworms, but 

 injurious insects also; has helped to subdue local irruptions of the Rocky Mountain locust, white grubs, 

 and tent caterpillars. 



