CONTENTS. 1X 
CHAPTER’ X. 
THE SPARROW; ITS VICES. 
THE SpARROW—lIts character, real and supposed—The 
balance of evidence—Farmers and their prejudices— 
Accusations against the bird—The Sparrow in the 
corn-field—The Sparrow as a bailiff—The Sparrow as 
a destroyer of thatch—The Sparrow as a destroyer 
of buds—A lady and her arguments—The Sparrow 
as a politician—The Sparrow in America and New 
Zealand—Concluding remarks _... wee nae « PACE TAG 
CHAPTER XI. 
THE SPARROW ; ITS VIRTUES. 
THE case for the defence—Prévost-Paradol on the Sparrow 
—How the young are fed —33,600 caterpillars in ten 
weeks—Mischievous powers of a _ caterpillar—The 
Sparrow perforce an insect-hunter during many months 
of the year—Sz¢ones weevils and the Sparrow—The 
cabbage butterfly and the Sparrow—The Sparrow in 
the fruit-garden—The Sparrow at Maine and Auxerre 
—Sparrow versus Martin—Martins the usurpers— 
The Sparrow as a destroyer of thatch—Sparrows and 
buds—Sparrows and their political views—The Spar- 
row in America and New Zealand—dAcclimatisation 
and its dangers—A plausible theory—The Sparrow 
and wild seeds—Summing-up and verdict—Domestic 
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CHAPTER. XIt- 
LARKS, WOODPECKERS, ETC. 
LARKS—The Skylark—Its food and general character— 
A hint to farmers—Song of the Lark—The bird in 
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