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equally to the Magpie, which also stands before us in 
the double capacity of friend and foe, and makes 
good in one way the mischief which it commits in 
another. ‘This may be seen in some degree from the 
following extract from Prévost-Paradol’s remarks as 
to its doings upon the Continent :— 
“January, grubs of cockchafers, beetles, and 
The Magpie. 
different corns and seeds; February, the same, and 
berries; March, the same; April, moles, crickets, 
water-rats, and field-mice ; May, cockchafers, glow- 
worms, and fruit; June, the same and weevils ; July, 
beetles and field-mice; August, birds’ eggs and 
weevils; September, beetles, worms, barley, and 
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