86 OUR BIRD ALLIES. 
bird, is the Fieldfare, which, however, being only 
a winter visitor to our shores, is of course less 
valuable than its relative above described. 
During mild and open weather the fieldfare feeds 
upon worms, and also upon such insects as it can 
The Fieldfare. 
manage to find; and there can be no doubt that it 
devours large quantities of the latter during its stay 
in this country. Being with us for so short a time, 
however, and at a period of the year when insects for 
the most part are in hiding, its opportunities for 
serving us are comparatively limited. 
