THE JACKDAW AND THE STARLING, ETC. 31 
grubs of various flies; July, grubs and fresh-water 
shell-fish ; August, flies, glow-worms, and various 
beetles ; September, green locusts, grubs of carrion- 
beetles, and worms; October, worms and beetles ; 
November, snails, slugs, and grubs. In summer it 
‘the Starling. 
adds fruit, and in winter, hips, haws, and buds of 
frees.” 
Among the favourite victims of the starling is the 
grub of the daddy-long-legs, that terror of all farmers 
who lay down their land in pasture, or who are com- 
pelled to grow corn, &c., upon a heavy soil. Hidden 
away beneath the surface of the ground, this grub, 
generally known as the “ leather-jacket,” cuts away the 
